No court can summon Zardari till he is President: Aitzaz

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Senior PPP leader Senator Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan has said that as long as Asif Ali Zardari is President, no court can summon him and there was no question of his summoning in the Lahore High Court for holding two offices. In an interview, Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan said that there has been no change in PPP policy regarding writing of letter to the Swiss officials and according to his (Aitzaz) opinion, Prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf would meet the same fate as was faced by Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani. He said President Asif Ali Zardari enjoys immunity under the constitution. Regarding constitution of a two member bench in the Lahore High Court he said under the constitution neither the President can be issued any notice nor summoned. Aitzaz Ahsan said that democracy has been restored in the country after numerous and great sacrifices and no step should be taken which could be dangerous for democracy. He said all institutions of the State including the Judiciary should remain within their constitutionally mandated limit.

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