Was he actually invited? I am surprised.

A proud moment for Pakistan.

AZ, RM, SR - The boys are back in town!

why he is not going to actual ceremonay. was he invited or just gone for trip. v

is it zardari's good fortune or the misfortune of pakistan and it's people tgat we are represented by a person like zardari. c'mon world have some mercy or rather pity on us because we want to be pitied.

Two saddest days in my life ..One when Zardari took the oath as the president of Pakistan and other when Donald Trump would take an oath as 45th president of USA..

Pakistani nation has other important problems that needs to be solved than this Zardari mantra.

A spectator like many other commoners

He will be the next PM of pakistan.

Sure, comfortably watched it on TV in a hotel suite?

What priorities !!

Hope Zardari and his team enjoy a good vacation.

So Zardari attended the Pre-Oath taking ceremony and NOT the actual ceremony itself. There's a huge difference between pre and actual. Is PPP creating a hype to fool Pakistanis about importance of Zardari? They can't fool us anymore.

definitely, a proud moment for Pakistan...

@Desi Dimag Why?

This is real honor for Pakistan that two members of Pakistan's Upper House, and a democratically elected former President of the country were part of an event of global importance. Looking forward to more such pleasant soft-images of country by the democratic forces of Pakistan including PTI-Chariman Imran and PML-N's Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif. Regards

@Hammad Yes he was invited by Mr. John MacCain, who also visited Pakistan recently, and others.

@Desi Dimag Indeed, a moment to be proud of.

@SYED HASSAN HASEEB He was invited by Mr. John MacCain, who visited Pakistan recently, and others.

Zardari wants to show Pakistan that how close he is with republicans, the election is ahead.

Is PPP already tipped to lead the next Govt.? USA/Trump backing ?

Makes no difference. What is that quote...never the twains will meet?

Master Blaster

@concerned Yes, this is what most people are missing in the story.

Why is this is such a big deal? NS was not invited evening though he is still the sitting PM. Nevertheless, even I could go and attend any gala if I had billions stashed in the bank. You could buy a seat on the next mission to Mars, for all we care. Hopefully, one-way!

@Desi Dimag - You are assuming that an an average Pakistani voter is well-versed in geo-politics, educated and knows the difference between a Democrat vs a Republican and what is right and wrong? If that was the case, people like NS and Zardari would not have even made it to Islamabad, much less get elected to lead a government.

@Desi Dimag - It has nothing to with being close to either the Democrats or Republicans in the US. Most people still don't grasp why an unconventional person like Trump won the US Presidency. If you consider the largely uneducated, under-educated, blue-color, working class poor masses, from rural areas of interior Sindh and Punjab - the two most populace provinces keep rel-electing NS or Zarardi's parties over and over, is almost the identical reasons that Trump became the US President. Trump appealed to mostly blue-color, red-neck, labor-class, who are fearful of immigrants; hated Obama passionately, who became the first black man to occupy the Whitehouse, that Trump was the only candidate who saw the opening and he grabbed it. He said what they wanted to hear - raw, uncouth, and unpolished in their own language and they loved it. Same way Zardari can go to Larkana and thousands turn up because he can speak their language. NS speak punjabi in the local dialect. That's his base.

A show off to the nation, an excellent demo-god of politics.

@Skeptic that's too good man.

It's not a big deal, Zardari is not going to get anything out of this new, he should be worried about staraving people in Sind, he should also know that more than 35 US senators and Congress members boycotted this ceremony.

@Khanm I agree with you.

@M Malik - Very true I couldn't agree more.

With all the looted wealth, he can go and witness whatever he likes.

These are just lies. Where are the picture he is in that crowd. No Pakistani has seen him there.

@Desi Dimag how come? The proudest moment was when he wad the president!

My brother also witnesses pre-inauguration oath ceremony of trump.

Good for his resume but Pakistanis will not buy it unfortunately!

An utter disgrace for the nation! Only invited to the rehearsal of the big event! Not even a way-off bystander to witness the final.

Isn't it a disgrace for an x-president to witness pre-inauguration oath ceremony?

@Desi Dimag Really ?

@Khanm Sure I agree !

It has belittled his stature.

I thought our PM was going to attend the actual inauguration.

I wish I had enough money to buy seats for these events also.

This is all hog wash, nothing to it. Some political worker of Trump may have got Zardari a ticket and thus Zardari is trying to milk the issue for all it's worth.