As the memo controversy continues to deepen, President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday arrived in Islamabad from Karachi where he had landed from Dubai on December 19, after his medical tests and treatment. “President Zardari arrived in Islamabad from Karachi late on Wednesday night,” Farhatullah Babar confirmed. Controversy over his role as the head of state had gripped the entire nation soon after his departure for Dubai on December 6, with conflicting official statements further confusing the situation.
He had returned to the country the day the Supreme Court was scheduled to take up the memo case and he returned to Islamabad one day before the apex court was to hear the case again. Zardari is expected to meet his legal advisers who already had a consultative session with the prime minister on Wednesday to devise the government’s strategy in the memo case. Some PPP firebrands like Babar Awan and Punjab Governor Latif Khosa have already gone public with their criticism of the Supreme Court, besides questioning PML-N President Nawaz Sharif’s agenda for taking this case to the court.
Zardari back in capital
