Islamabad: The ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Friday rejected rumours that President Asif Ali Zardari has secretly tied the knot in the United States with a Pakistani doctor based in Boston.
Rumours flew on Zardari's remarriage to Tanveer Zamani, 40, who has declined to comment.
The president's office has not only rebutted but also condemned the report as baseless propaganda against Zaradri's personal life, The Nation reported Friday.
The PPP deplored and condemned "the launch of a vicious and unethical tirade" on the internet against its co-chairman", spokesperson of the president, Farhatullah Babar, was quoted as having said.
Pakistan's ambassador to the United States, Hussain Haqqani, has also denied reports about Zardari's remarriage with Tanveer Zamani, the Pakistani daily newspaper said.
"With due respect, this is utter nonsense," Haqqani said in a statement.
Meanwhile, investigators probing the assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto said they have found two BlackBerry mobile phones belonging to the slain leader.
Looking for clues
Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has recovered the phones from a servant at Bhutto's family residence in Karachi, the Dawn reported Friday.
The phones were used by Abdul Razzaq, a servant of Benazir's husband and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, the FIA sources said, adding that the devices will help investigators get some credible clues in the 2007 murder case.
Benazir was killed December 27, 2007 after being shot at an election rally in Rawalpindi.
The sets may also help the investigators to know if Bhutto received a call after leaving the rally while her vehicle was surrounded by supporters and if the caller asked her to come out of the sunroof and wave to the fans, the investigators said.
A close aide of Bhutto, who was with her in her vehicle during her last moments, said that people accompanying Bhutto had advised her against looking out of the vehicle but she came out of the sunroof and was shot by a terrorist.
The aide, however, said the slain leader had only one BlackBerry at the time of her assassination.
An official said the phones, handed over by Zardari's Bilawal House administration in Karachi voluntarily, had been sent for forensic examination.
Forensic exam
"The findings of the forensic examination will be shared with the interior ministry," FIA Director-General Waseem Ahmad told Dawn.
"We were approached by the Bilalwal House staff for the purpose. They had these two phones. There has been no arrest in this connection," he added.
A spokesman for the Bilawal House said handing over the two phones was "part of the effort under the directives of President Zardari to cooperate with the investigation agencies assigned the task to trace the killers".
