Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Thursday said the parliament elected President Asif Ali Zardari for five years and he will not quit his office.
Talking to media after visiting ailing Tableeghi Jamaat chief Abdul Wahab at Lahore’s Services Hospital, Shujaat said Zardari had gone abroad for medical treatment and will return home after his recovery. Ch Shujaat said opponents should wait till the end of his tenure as president. He said the memogate was a fraud orchestrated by a man with vested interests. He also said no important PML-Q members were switching alliances and the likeminded group were looking to other parities after being disappointed from PML-Q. Shujaat also said no parlays with PML-N was on the cards and if it was to be called, the PML-Q would consult media before deciding.