Lahore, Aug 1 : Leader of the House in the Senate, the Upper House in Pakistan’s parliament, Mian Raza Rabbani has said that President Pervez Musharraf was a major destablisling factor for the PPP-led coalition government in Islamabad, and that his impeachment would be a priority issue for the Yousuf Raza Gilani government “once it gained the requisite strength in parliament”.

“The President remains the major destabilising factor for the coalition government,” The News quoted Rabbani as saying while talking to journalists at a press conference here last evening.

Accompanied by senior minister Raja Riaz and MPA Qasim Zia, Rabbani underlined the coalition government''s resolve to sort out all the pending inter-provincial issues.

After the new democratic government assumed office in Islamabad, demand for Musharraf’s scalp had gained momentum, but no concrete steps have been taken in this regard so far, as the ruling coalition government doesn’t have the requisite numbers in both the Houses of the Pakistan parliament. (ANI)