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Islamabad, June 11 : Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has reportedly asked President Pervez Musharraf to address the joint session of parliament as, in his word, it was a “constitutional requirement” for a president to address a new parliament.

He said the President was a part of parliament and his address was mandatory under the country’s constitution, reported The News.

The prime minister said their stand on the sovereignty of the parliament was vindicated when the president said he would respect any decision of the parliament.

Earlier, PML-Q member Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada said that according to the Constitution, the President should address the National Assembly session at the commencement of each year.

Islamabad, June 11: Senior PPP leader and Pakistan Information Minister, Sherry Rehman has said that her party never recognised President Pervez Musharraf as a legal and constitutional president, but he was “a reality and equally a compulsion”.

She blamed the erstwhile Musharraf regime for the present economic crisis. The former government had gifted the prevailing crisis to the coalition government and the party needs time to tackle it, she added.

Expressing intentions of removing Musharraf from the top post, she said, “We will transfer power from the Presidency to Parliament while restoring the Constitution of 1973.”

Islamabad, June 10 : Pakistan President Perv

Islamabad, June 10 :