Zardari felicitates Manmohan on election victory

LAHORE: President Asif Ali Zardari telephoned Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to greet him over UPA’s electoral win, Hindustan Times has reported. The paper said Zardari was one of the first foreign leaders to congratulate Singh over the Congress-led alliance’s poll victory. President Zardari “has been saying that he was waiting for the new government to assume office in India so that the bilateral dialogue could be resumed”, Hindustan Times reported. India suspended dialogue with Pakistan after the November 26 terrorist attacks in Mumbai and “has maintained that talks could resume only after Pakistan takes concrete action against those behind the strikes”. daily times monitor.