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Pakistan's President Zardari returns home from Dubai | Pakistan's President Zardari returns home from Dubai |
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Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari has returned to Pakistan after receiving medical treatment in Dubai, officials say. | Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari has returned to Pakistan after receiving medical treatment in Dubai, officials say. |
He landed at an airbase in the southern city of Karachi. | He landed at an airbase in the southern city of Karachi. |
His departure to Dubai on 6 December for treatment of a heart condition led to rumours, denied by officials, that he might resign. | |
It is not clear when he will resume his duties as president. His office earlier said he had been advised to rest. | It is not clear when he will resume his duties as president. His office earlier said he had been advised to rest. |
A statement last week said that all tests carried out on him had produced results "within normal range". | |
Pakistan's civilian government has been under pressure in recent weeks over a scandal involving a leaked memo in which officials allegedly sought US help against a possible military coup earlier this year. | |
President Zardari, 56, denies any role in the memo. | |
Pakistan's relations with the US have taken a turn for the worse since the American raid in May which killed al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. | |
Since then, several senior US officials have accused Pakistan of backing militant groups that carry out attacks against Western and Afghan troops across the border in Afghanistan. | |
Pakistan has vehemently denied the allegations. |
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