KARACHI: Former President and Co-chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday said the issue would have been resolved if Imran Khan had not submitted to Iftikhar Chaudhry in the Supreme Court on August 28, 2013.

In a statement issued from Beijing on Saturday, Asif Zardari advised all the political parties to resolve the matter through dialogue.

Asif Ali Zardari said only negotiations will solve the ongoing political crisis in the country. He said he would still urge all the parties to solve their issues via dialogue.

Zardari also said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan had “bowed down” to former Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.

“The situation had been solved if Khan would have refused to follow the orders of Chaudhry,” Zardari said.

Asif Zardari, while meeting Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif last week, had urged the premier not to resign and solve the political issues via dialogue.—NNI