White House wants new Pak President to fight terror

As PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardrai is all set to win todays Pakistan presidential poll, the White House has said that it expected the winner to cooperate in the fight against terrorism.

Washington, Sept 6 : As PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardrai is all set to win today's Pakistan presidential poll, the White House has said that it expected the winner to cooperate in the fight against terrorism.

A White House spokesman said that Washington would continue to work with the next Pakistan President and would also like to have his co-operation in its ongoing global war-on-terror.

"We'll continue to work with them, we need to have their cooperation," The News quoted spokeswoman Dana Perino as saying when asked about bilateral relations should front-runner Asif Ali Zardari win the presidential vote.

Speaking to reporters in Washinhgton last evening, Perino said: "One of the reasons that Zardari will become the president is because unfortunately his wife was killed by terrorists, so they have a mutual interest in trying to go after terrorists."

ANI