The Lahore High Court today fixed June 19 as the date for deciding the maintainability of the petition filed by lawyer Azhar Siddique.
Siddique said Zardari had not disassociated himself from the political office of co-chairman of the ruling Pakistan People's Party as soon as possible as was expected following a ruling given by the High Court in May last year on the issue of the President's dual offices.
He contended that the direction issued by the High Court had not been obeyed and the President had not stopped "misusing" the presidency for the activities of the PPP.
Siddique said the President had also called National Assembly Speaker Fehmida Mirza and greeted her for giving a ruling in favour of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani after he was convicted of contempt by the Supreme Court for refusing to revive graft cases against Zardari.
He claimed this action said a lot about the bias of the President.
He asked the High Court to issue a show-cause notice to the President and to charge him with contempt of court.
