Petition asks SC to bar Zardari from leaving Pakistan

The next hearing is scheduled for September 3, just five days before Zardari completes his presidential tenure

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Press Trust of India Islamabad
Last Updated : Aug 30 2013 | 4:56 PM IST
Pakistan's Supreme Court today sought the federal government's response to a petition asking it to bar President Asif Ali Zardari from leaving the country after he completes his term next month.

A two-judge bench issued the notice to the government in connection with the petition related to the US military operation that killed Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad in May 2011.

The next hearing is scheduled for September 3, just five days before Zardari completes his presidential tenure.

Zardari's Pakistan People's Party has insisted that he will not leave Pakistan after he completes his five-year term.
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First Published: Aug 30 2013 | 4:45 PM IST

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