President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari. - File Photo

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Zardari talked about Dr Zulfikar Mirza in some detail for the first time during a recent meeting of his party’s core committee and sought suggestions from its members on ways to deal with him, according to sources.

A majority of the members said the party’s basic membership of Dr Mirza should be cancelled to avoid further embarrassment. However, some of them suggested that his statements be ignored.

The PPP core committee took up the issue on Friday.

Currently, the former home minister of Sindh is continuing his anti-MQM campaign in London.

Talking to Dawn, a PPP MNA said that National Assembly Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza was the main reason for the party co-chairman to go soft on the issue so far.

“Shunting him out from the party will put the madam speaker in a tight corner, leaving her with no option to side either with the PPP or with her husband,” he argued.

The speaker has never spoken a word on the subject.

Despite repeated attempts, PPP Information Secretary Qamar Zaman Kaira could not be contacted for his comments.