A three member full bench on June 27 had granted time to President Asif Ali Zardari to relinquish office of PPP co-chairman by September 5. Its written order was issued on Friday.
“In the present case, the respondent president has also accepted the judgment (issued on May 12, 2011) by not challenging the same. That confers finality on the judgment and stops the respondent from challenging it. It is also plain that even after the lapse of one year following the judgment, the respondent continues to retain in his private capacity the office of Co-chairperson of the Pakistan Peoples Party. Prima facie the forgoing facts are such that these require further probes by this court.”
The court ordered its office to serve the instant order to the President through his principal secretary and asking him to submit a written reply to explain about the position taken by Zardari regarding compliance of court order.
The court also issued notice to attorney general of Pakistan to seek his assistance on various constitutional aspects of the case.
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@Umer: I think you are too kind in your comment. Gen Mush was a uniformed army chief, president (or his own boss) and the chief of his own King's Party. However, these PCO judges did not have any problems with that. It was all among friends. When does one govt servant has two jobs at the same time and be his own boss? Only a general in Pakistan with the blessings and support from SC judges. Cheers, Mirza
Biggest problem right now is democratically elected president holding two offices. What General Musharaf did was OK with the judges.
Yeah, goodluck with that. Our country is not so fortunate, last 4 years of this govt. has made that quite clear