巴基斯坦总统表示不寻求连任

  　　ISLAMABAD, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari says he will not seek another presidential term after his present five-year period expires in September this year, reported local media on Sunday.

　　Zardari made the remark in an interview with local media, which will be aired late Sunday night, according to the report.

　　Zardari's Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) faced defeat in the general elections in the center and three provinces and has formed government only in southern Sindh province.

　　Speaking to TV anchors and newspaper editors in Islamabad, Zardari said the PPP would play a positive role in the incoming government of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party led by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

　　The president said his party would unanimously support PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif to be elected as prime minister as was done in the case of former Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani of his Pakistan Peoples Party.

　　Zardari said Nawaz Sharif would have to decide how to handle the cases of former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf, who has been arrested in some cases and also faces high treason proceedings¹ in the country's top court.

　　Musharraf has been arrested in connection with the assassination² of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and keeping judges in illegal confinement³ when he had declared emergency rule in 2007.

　　On U.S. drone strikes, Zardari said that he was not aware of any agreement between the government of Pakistan and the U.S. administration.

　　"Maybe General Musharraf had made some sort of agreement with the U.S., but I am not aware of any such agreement nor I have seen it during my five-year tenure," he said.

　　However, he said the new government will have to take policy decision on this issue, keeping in larger national interest in view.

　　President Zardari was pleased at the first successful transition of power between democratically elected governments in the 66-year history of Pakistan, which he described as a milestone⁴ in a country with a history of military coups⁵.

　　Responding to the graft⁶ cases in Swiss courts against him, President Zardari said he had already spent eight years in jail and yet no charges had been proven against him. He termed the Swiss case is a controversial issue and has no substance.

　　About talks with the Taliban militants⁷, President Zardari said first "we should determine the groups with whom we can talk". However, he was of the view that militants never come to negotiating table.

1 proceedings   

n.进程，过程，议程；诉讼(程序)；公报

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
• to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼

2 assassination   

n.暗杀；暗杀事件

参考例句：

• The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
• Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年，林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。

3 confinement   

n.幽禁，拘留，监禁；分娩；限制，局限

参考例句：

• He spent eleven years in solitary confinement.他度过了11年的单独监禁。
• The date for my wife's confinement was approaching closer and closer.妻子分娩的日子越来越近了。

4 milestone   

n.里程碑；划时代的事件

参考例句：

• The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
• I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。

5 coups   

n.意外而成功的行动( coup的名词复数 )；政变；努力办到难办的事

参考例句：

• China has seen many political coups within the ruling class. 中国统治阶级内部发生过很多政变。 来自互联网
• Thailand has had eighteen coups or coup attendance since nineteen thirty-two. 泰国1932年以来有18次政变或参加政变。 来自互联网

6 graft   

n.移植，嫁接，艰苦工作，贪污；v.移植，嫁接

参考例句：

• I am having a skin graft on my arm soon.我马上就要接受手臂的皮肤移植手术。
• The minister became rich through graft.这位部长透过贪污受贿致富。

7 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。