No illegal act carry to rectify previous one: Zardari

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Zardari said on Sunday that he could not carry out an illegal act now to rectify an illegal act of the past. Talking to BBC, he said coalition governments had inherent weaknesses, but no one wanted early general elections. He said the coalition partners agreed on the restoration of the sacked judges and were only divided on the procedure of the restoration.

Coalition in Punjab: Talking to a local TV channel, the PPP co-chairman said his party would not let the coalition government in Punjab become unstable if the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) decided to pull out of the coalition at the Centre due to differences between the two parties over the restoration of the sacked judges. PPP’s office bearers would continue to work with the PML-N in Punjab, he told the channel.

Zardari said that the PPP wanted to restore the judges who were sacked on November 3, but legal experts had not been able to find a constitutional and legal way for the restoration to take place. PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif had announced May 12 as the deadline for the restoration of the sacked judges.