LAHORE - President Asif Ali Zardari might face problems if he decides to address Punjab Assembly at any moment of time; as, under the Constitution, it is not his prerogative to address any of the provincial legislatures.
Following his address to the KPK Assembly on Monday, there are reports that the President may also address the Sindh Assembly in the near future which seems to be a new political move on his part to have liaison with his electoral college consisting of elected representatives of the people. 
Presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar however said that the President’s address to the Sindh or any other provincial assembly was not on the cards as yet.
As per the Constitutional position, the Governor of a province may address a Provincial Assembly, but there is no mention of the President doing so. But at the same time, the Constitution also does not bar a President to address a Provincial Assembly.
He, may, however, do so as a result of a political decision: if allowed by the Assembly concerned through a resolution passed by the simple majority of members. In case of Punjab Assembly, the President can address the legislature only if the PML-N dominated House allows him
The President may not face any such problem in case of Sindh and Balochistan where the PPP-led coalition governments are in place.
So far, former military ruler Ziaul Haq has the distinction of being the only President having addressed the Punjab Assembly once during the Chief Ministership of Mian Nawaz Sharif. “The House had then passed a resolution to allow the then President to address the Assembly”, Secretary Punjab Assembly Maqsood Malik told TheNation. Malik also confirmed that Zia’s speech in the Assembly at that time was not made part of the Assembly proceedings as the rules of procedure don’t allow this.
About the foreign heads of states and the governments, the Secretary Assembly said that they could address the Assemblies only after the consent of the Assembly concerned. Informed sources told this scribe that following the reports of President Zardari’s anticipated address to the KPK Assembly, the Secretary, KPK, Assembly was worried about the legality of President’s address to the Assembly. He, reportedly, telephoned his counterparts in other Assemblies to seek their opinion on the subject. He was told that either the Speaker should suspend the relevant rules or the Assembly must pass a resolution to allow the President to make a speech in the Assembly.