ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's sacked prime minister, Ms Benazir Bhutto, took her fight against her dismissal to the Supreme Court yesterday, filing a petition that contained blistering criticism of President Farooq Leghari.
The 42 page petition, written by Senator Aitzaz Ahsan, argued that Mr Leghari's action in sacking Ms Bhutto's three year old government on November 5th had been illegal and unconstitutional. It said Mr Leghari believed that Ms Bhutto's husband, Mr Asif Ali Zardari, had leaked evidence of the President's alleged links to a crooked land deal that the opposition used against him.