PAKISTAN

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday expressed his deep grief and shock over the tragic death of Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife in an air crash in Russia.

The President in a condolence message to the Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk expressed his grief over the death of President’s wife Madam Maria Kaczynska, along with members of his entourage, consisting of high-ranking officials from the military and civil bureaucracy and members of the Polish Parliament in a plane crash.

“President Lech Kaczynski will be remembered for the democratic values he displayed and the sagacity and wisdom with which he led the people of Poland,” the President said.
He said, “We share the pain and the grief, which your great nation is passing through at this moment. The anguish caused by the catastrophe will take a long time to overcome”.

The President expressed his deep felt condolences on his own behalf and on behalf of the Government and the people of Pakistan, o