'Elections are near and I have passed all exams of life,' Zardari tells 'enemies'.

HYDERABAD/MULTAN -- Pakistan Peoples Party Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday told his 'enemies that elections are near' and he has "passed all exams of life,' according to a media report.

He made these remarks while addressing a gathering at a dinner hosted by Ghulam Qadir Marri in the Dariya Khan Marri village on Tuesday evening.

Zardari said: 'I was born on this land and I will continue to strive for the development of this land.'

He said he was the son of this soil and would always make efforts for it.

'The PPP has always served the people. I have struggled all my life and the workers have also supported me,' said the former president adding, 'We know each other. Allah gave us the opportunity, so we served the people and this soil. I have to be buried in this soil. It is our duty to serve it.'

The PPP leader said no one claimed that he did not serve the people during his tenure as president.

'I gave Pashtuns their separate identity, and by bringing the 18th Amendment, they gave provincial service.'

He said the sacrifices of ZA Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto were not hidden from anyone, and the 18th Amendment gave everyone their own identity.

'Today, I am serving you, then...