LAHORE: Chief Justice Lahore High Court (LHC) Umar Ata Bandial on Thursday constituted a five-judge larger bench to hear the dual office case against President Asif Ali Zardari, DawnNews reported.

The bench comprises of Justice Bandial, Justice Nasir Saeed Sheikh, Justice Sheikh Najmul Hasan, Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah.

The petition against Asif Zardari holding dual offices had been filed by Advocate Azhar Siddique.

Advocate Siddique had contended that the court in its May 12, 2011 judgment on dual-office held by the president had ruled that he should not use the highest office for political purposes.

He had argued that the president had committed contempt of court by not disassociating himself from his political office.

Earlier, the court had said that it expected the president to relinquish political activities by Sept 5 in accordance with an order issued a larger bench of the LHC on May 12, 2011.