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Touchdown: Zardari lands in Pakistan after 18 months in self-imposed 'exile'
Former president and Co-Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari returned Friday to Pakistan in a private jet from Dubai.
Addressing supporters upon his return, he said, "I remember the day when Bibi (Benazir Bhutto) came here and you were here to welcome her. Bibi is [still] here with us, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto is [also] here with us."
"There is a lot of dismay at the moment in the country but I do not have a plan of despair. I have brought the message of hope," he added.
"Pakistan is a nation that has overcome all challenges. Pakistan is not a country of terrorists," the former president said.