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Zardari enjoys constitutional indemnity: SHC
 KARACHI: A division bench of the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday dismissed a petition challenging the eligibility of President Asif Ali Zardari. The SHC bench consisting of SHC Chief Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmani and Justice Zahid Hamid observed that the 2008 Presidential Election could not be challenged as the president, under the constitution, enjoyed indemnity from court proceedings and could be only removed by impeachment in parliament. Gomez will figure out a way to make that permanent, you wait and see ... The petition was filed by Maulvi Iqbal Haider Advocate, in which former presidential candidates Justice (r) Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid Secretary General Mushahid Hussain and the chief election commissioner were also made parties. The petitioner argued that according to the Supreme Court judgement on the National Reconciliation Ordinance, all those cases quashed under the NRO were restored to the position on October 5, 2007. He submitted that President Zardari was also a beneficiary of the NRO and his nomination papers be re-scrutinised by the Election Commission of Pakistan, as the cases against the president stand revived after the SC judgement. The court, after hearing the arguments, dismissed the petition. Posted by: Steve White 2010-04-22 |
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