A heckler threw a shoe at Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari as he was addressing a political rally here, Saturday. Zardari, who was wrapping up his England visit, is facing criticism and protesters for touring overseas as floods killed more than 1,500 people in his country. The shoe missed the president, while outside the convention center police cordoned off more than 100 protesters. Zardari told supporters his trip to Britain had been a success, and that he had raised tens of thousands of pounds for flood victims at home. Some 2,000 people crowded into the Birmingham convention center to listen to the visiting leader and other speakers from his Pakistan People's Party. Facing domestic criticism for his trip during a time that his nation battles deadly floods, the Pakistani president's UK trip had also been fraught because it came so soon after British Prime Minister David Cameron accused Pakistan of exporting terror. The remarks outraged many Pakistanis and caused a diplomatic row, in part because they were made during Cameron's visit to India, Pakistan's nuclear rival. “We have a good relationship with the British government and the problem has been resolved with the help of British Pakistani MPs (lawmakers,)” he said Saturday at the rally.
