President Asif Ali Zardari, due to depart for Dubai on a private visit, left for Islamabad after a five-member bench of the Supreme Court (SC) decision to convene Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Core Committee (CC) meeting to discuss the apex court’s decision. Zardari was scheduled to depart for Dubai on a 2-day private visit on January 11. However, he postponed his engagements and left for Islamabad to chalk out a future strategy after the apex court decision.
A five member bench of SC headed by Asif Saeed Khosa decided to refer six options relating to National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) implementation case to the Chief Justice for constitution of a larger bench to hear the options. Sources privy to President Zardari told Pakistan Today that he was scheduled to depart for Dubai for a two-day visit (January 11-12) for checkup at American Hospital Dubai. However, the president departed for Islamabad to a chair PPP core committee meeting to review the situation. Presidential Spokesman Farhatullah Babar verified the information. He said that the president has postponed his engagements in Karachi and arrived in Islamabad where he has called a PPP core committee meeting. However, he refused to specify the president engagements which were postponed.
