Zardari cuts short Dubai visit, returns to Pak: Spokesperson

January 13, 2012 11:06

Good morning.

Amid continuing rumours of an army coup in Pakistan, President Asif Ali Zardari has returned to Pakistan from a trip toDubai, his spokesman said on Friday, as speculation swirled over whether he would survive heightened tension between his civilian government and the country's powerful military.

"The president returned to Islamabad in the wee hours of Friday morning," the spokesman, Farhatullah Babar, told Reuters. A disputed memo allegedly from Zardari's government seeking US help in reining in the military has soured relations to their lowest point since a coup in 1999.

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