Senator Aitzaz Ahsan speaks to reporters outside the Supreme Court of Pakistan during the hearing of former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's contempt of court case. – File photo by AFP
Senator Aitzaz Ahsan speaks to reporters outside the Supreme Court. — Photo by AFP

ISLAMABAD: Senior Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan on Tuesday said that it would be problematic for the government to write a letter to foreign authorities against the president, DawnNews reported.

Speaking to reporters outside the Supreme Court, the senior leader said that the possibility of reaching a middle ground lay in the option that the court accepts that a letter to reopen cases against President Asif Ali Zardari is written when he is no longer the country's president.

Ahsan said "both parties were adamant over their respective points of view" and that one of them would have to "give in eventually".

He said the president enjoyed immunity under international laws and that no examples existed of a country handing over its head of state to a foreign court.

The PPP leader said that the court could make mistakes and that it had the authority to review its rulings.

He said that if writing the letter was not an issue, then not writing it should not be a problem either.

The Supreme Court should also create the possibility of an alternative, Ahsan said, adding that, the court was independent in its decisions.

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