'Zardari should have quit as PPP head'

A Pakistani court on Thursday observed that President Asif Ali Zardari should have quit the political office of the head of the ruling PPP in light of its earlier order that he was not expected to hold dual posts.

A five-judge bench of the Lahore High Court headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial made the observation while hearing a petition filed by a man named Muneer Ahmad Khan, who has sought contempt of court proceedings against Zardari for not complying with the court’s order issued last year.

The chief justice further observed that it had asked the president not to conduct political activities in the presidency. He made these remarks when government lawyer Wasim Sajjad said the high court had only “expected” that the president would quit his political office.