Islamabad: While the Pakistani government, civil society and media were incensed by the British Prime Minister David Cameron's remarks in India recently, President Asif Ali Zardari has not called off his private trip to London after an official visit to France.
Presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar told Gulf News that Zardari was going to England as scheduled.
Cameron's remark on Wednesday during a trip to India that Pakistan must not become a base for terrorists and "promote the export of terror" across the globe had triggered a diplomatic storm.
Expressed days after the WikiLeaks revelation that make casual references to Pakistan's alleged links with the Taliban, Cameron's views were seen as a dampener after successful visits by Britain's secretary international development, the foreign secretary and the chairperson of the Conservative Party.
The newly-elected UK leader had said: "It should be a relationship based on a very clear message: that it is not right to have any relationship with groups that are promoting terror."
Days after the unguarded statement, a strong reaction has continued to emerge from the Pakistani parliament and the public.
While Islamabad swiftly handed over a demarche to UK high commissioner Adam Thomson, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani joined Senate members to remind the British leader of his country's sacrifices and ongoing role in the war against terror.
