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| Mush snaps contacts with PPP after Zardari`s remarks: Pak media | | | Islamabad | May 23
Pervez Musharraf has snapped its informal talks with the ruling ppp following its chairman Asif Ali Zardari's stinging comments describing him as a "relic of the past" and an "un-elected and non-democratic president", Pakistani TV news channels reported Friday.
Taking "serious note" of Zardari's comments made during an interview, the President has directed his close aides not to hold any more talks with the PPP co-chairman's representatives, sources close to the presidency were quoted as saying by the channels.
There was no official word from the President's office or the Pakistan People's Party on this.During the indirect contacts between the Presidency and the PPP, Musharraf's aides had made it very clear to the PPP that the President did not want the National Security Council abolished.
Musharraf's aides had also said during the parleys that the President was not ready to give up important constitutional powers, including his powers under article 58(2b) of the constitution to dissolve the Parliament and dismiss the Prime Minister.
However, during his interview, Zardari described Musharraf as a "relic of the past" who was standing between the people of Pakistan and democracy.
He also made it clear that a package of constitutional reforms being framed by the PPP-led government would clip the President's sweeping powers, including those under article 58 (2b). |
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