Islamabad: A political storm appeared to be brewing in Pakistan today with Asif Ali Zardari's ally MQM asking him to quit over a controversial law that allowed the President to return home in 2007 by scrapping graft cases and PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif threatening to challenge the legislation in court.

In a day of fast-paced developments, MQM's London- based chief Altaf Hussain said Zardari should be "prepared to make major sacrifices" to save Pakistan's democratic system.

His remarks came hours before parliament was to take up the issue of endorsing the National Reconciliation Ordinance, a law passed by former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to grant immunity to former Premier Benazir Bhutto and Zardari in graft cases.

Source: PTI

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