Supreme Court of Pakistan. PHOTO: AFP
The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday directed the federation to come prepared at the next date of hearing of a petition seeking ban on President Asif Ali Zardari leaving the country on expiry of his term.
The petitioner Shahid Orakzai contended in his petition that the president had intentionally concealed sensitive information from the armed forces about Abbottabad incident.
Deputy Attorney General Imranul Haq appearing on behalf of the federation informed a two-member bench, comprising Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry, that he got the court notice on Monday and needed some time to file comments.
The petitioner objecting to it said that there is a possibility that the president might leave the country soon after exiting the Presidency.
Orakzai had filed the petition regarding the matter in 2011, but SC Registrar office returned it with objections. When Orakzai after removing the objections again filed it the office clubbed it with Nawaz Sharif’s petition regarding the memo case.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 4th, 2013.
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