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This came after the beleaguered Zardari was put on notice by the US, which reportedly gave him a 24-hour ultimatum to ease the simmering political crisis in Pakistan amid speculation that a deal brokered by Washington and the UK in consultation with the Pakistan army had been conveyed to the Government.
After holding back-to-back meetings with Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani and Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Zardari was ready ‘in principle’ to end Governor's Rule in Punjab, imposed on February 25 after the Supreme Court barred PML-N leaders Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif from holding elected office, Dawn News channel quoted official sources as saying.
However, there was no official word on the development.
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If cases are to be decided at the political level, why this sham of Courts and reinstatement of Choudhry?
How humiliating for Zardari to have to give in to external pressure on a domestic and internal matter. Does Pak have any sovereignty or self-respect or prestige left?
Though Zardari was wrong at the first place dismissing the Punjab Government. Since he took the decision against all odds. Taking moral responsibility, Zardari instead should have stepped down. Now that he had to eat a humble pie, he will be a PAPER PRESIDENT of Pakistan.