Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardarihas admitted militants and and terrorists were willfully created by past Pakistan government and nurtured as policy to achieve tactical objectives.

“Militants and extremists emerged on national scenes and challenged the states not because the civil bureaucracy but because they were deliberately created and nurtured as a policy to achieve short term tactical achievements. Let’s be truthful and make a candid admission of the reality” he told at a gathering of civil servants in Islamabad on Tuesday night.

A few days ago, Zardari in an article accused the US of fomenting militancy in Pakistan. “the west stood by as a democratically elected government was toppled by the military in the late 70’s, because of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the west used my nation as a blunt instrument of the cold war. It empowered a(zia)dictatorship that brutalized its people...murdered the PM who had founded Pakistan largest political party, and destroyed the press and civil society. “Zardari wrote in the Washingtonpost.

“Pakistan is a front line state in the war against terror and we have pledged to eliminate this scourge. I have taken charge of the country at a difficult time and will meet the challenges facing the country”, he said. Criticizing the former military rulers - itself an act of daring-do-zardari said concentration of power in one individual was against the spirit of good governance.

too much power in one hand lasts for a short time,”he said.”for power to be effectively used for long lasting public good,it must be dispersed as widely as possible.

India always accused Pak for terrorism in India by supplying arm, training and ammunition to terrorists. Zardari’s confession is bound to create a major flutter in Islamabad, particularly within the army.