Pakistani tribal people gather to condemn drone strikes on hideouts of alleged militants along the Afghanistan border in Pakistani region, Thursday, Jan 12, 2012 in Mir Ali, a border town of North Waziristan in Pakistan. American missile strike killed four foreign militants in North Waziristan, a lawless region close to the Afghan border that is home to extremists from around the world, Pakistani officials said. (AP Photo/Ijaz Muhammad)
Pakistani tribal people gather to condemn drone strikes on hideouts of alleged militants along the Afghanistan border in Pakistani region, Thursday, Jan 12, 2012 in Mir Ali, a border town of North Waziristan in Pakistan. American missile strike killed four foreign militants in North Waziristan, a lawless region close to the Afghan border that is home to extremists from around the world, Pakistani officials said. (AP Photo/Ijaz Muhammad)
FILE - In this Friday, July 1, 2011 file photo, Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari, followed by his son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party, exits after his meeting with Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron at his official residence at 10 Downing street Street in central London. Pakistan's military warned Wednesday of "grievous consequences" for the country after the prime minister accused the army chief of violating the constitution, adding to a sense of crisis that some believe could end in the ouster of government. Tensions between the army and the government of President Asif Ali Zardari have soared since a scandal involving a memo sent to Washington asking for its help in reining in the army broke late last year. The memo outraged the army, and the Supreme Court ordered a probe to establish whether it had been sanctioned by Zardari, something that could lead to impeachment hearings. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)
ISLAMABAD (AP) ? A spokesman for Pakistan's president says the leader has returned from Dubai and is not worried about a political crisis gripping the country.
President Asif Ali Zardari went to Dubai Thursday for a one-day personal trip. He traveled last month to Dubai for medical reasons, triggering widely reported rumors he was on the verge of resigning.
Tensions between the government and the army have risen in recent days, with some people speculating the Zardari-led government maybe on its way out.
It is facing challenges in the Supreme Court, said to be supported by the powerful army, which has ruled Pakistan for much of its history.
Asked whether Zardari was concerned, his spokesman Farhatullah Babar said on Friday, "Absolutely not. Why should he be?"
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