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Lahore High Court issues notice to Zardari over holding two offices | The Lahore High Court (LHC) has issued a notice to President Asif Ali Zardari over the legality of holding two offices of interest. Hearing a petition filed by the Pakistan Lawyers
Forum (PLF) challenging the right of Zardari to hold on to the Pakistan People's
Party (PPP) chief's post, the high court directed Zardari's Principal Secretary
to explain the legality of President dual posts. "Since the president could not
appear because of security reasons, the court asked his principal secretary to
appear in court on May 25," The Daily Times quoted PLF president A.K. Dogar, as
saying. Dogar said that though there was no constitutional bar on the President
holding office in a political party, the Supreme Court had barred a president
from holding a party post. "Our Supreme Court judges decided in 1993 that the
president should be non-partisan. He should not involve himself in political battles.
He should shun politics but here he is a party head, which is illegal," he said.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has come out openly in favour of
Zardari over the issue, saying there are no legal bar on holding two offices at
a time. President Zardari can keep two offices at a time and there is no constitutional
or legal bar whatsoever, Gilani told media persons during a brief interaction
here. |
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