STEPPING DOWN AS PRESIDENT PPP KARACHI DIVISION 

By Staff Reporter

KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) Karachi President Dr Asim Hussain yesterday denied media reports of tendering resignation from the party position. In an informal conversation with media outside an accountability court here, Asim said he was going out of the country for six weeks for a medical treatment and he did not step down as PPP Karachi president. However, he said he would do whatever PPP co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari asks him to do. Asim’s assertion contradicted a statement issued by the PPP on Friday that the party leadership has decided to remove him as president of the Karachi Division, ostensibly due to the latter’s ill health and ongoing treatment. Dr. Asim would be given a new and important position upon his return to the country after undergoing a treatment abroad, the statement issued by PPP earlier said.