A Pakistani court on Monday issued notices to President Asif Ali Zardari during hearing of a case pertaining to his dual role as the head of the state and the chief of the ruling Pakistan People’s Party, court official said.
“The Lahore high court has reissued notices to President Zardari during the hearing of a case against President’s dual offices and has ordered that the notice should be implemented via the President’s principal secretary,” said a court official. Earlier, a five-member bench headed by Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry heard the case against him.
During the hearing deputy attorney-general Tanvir Hashmi told the court that Mr Zardari was not issued notice in this case. He said President Zardari, Bilawal Bhutto, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and Speaker National Assembly are made a party in the petition.
Meanwhile, just days after a Pakistani court allowed transfer of property worth billions to Mr Zardari and his children, the heirs of former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto have come out to challenge the order.
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Man injures six, kills self in China
Beijing : A cleaver-wielding man attacked and wounded six women before jumping to his death, the police said on Monday, in the latest in a series of such rampages in China.
The attack follows five separate assaults by lone assailants against schoolchildren in recent weeks that have left 17 dead and more than 50 wounded.
According to a police press release, Sunday night’s attack began around 7:00 pm when a 20-year-old man identified only by his surname, Xie, hacked at a woman outside a restaurant in the southern city of Foshan.
He then rushed into a crowded market and wounded five other women before climbing the stairs of a residential building and throwing himself off the fourth floor.
While Xie appeared to have deliberately targeted women, it was not immediately clear what triggered the attack. Sociologists attribute the recent attacks mainly to a failure to diagnose and treat mental illness, rage and frustration among people who feel victimised by China’s high-stress, fast-changing society. —AP