Departing on a continental tour, the President, in all sincerity,  had no idea about the slip. He would have surely cancelled his tour to save the Constitution if he could even guess the reaction in Sailkot.
As the Federal and the four Provincial Capitals are fast asleep, a lone city in Punjab has suddenly woken up to challenge the sudden threat to the Document. And how did the City wake up is quite interesting.
Without Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan, even the city called Sialkot would be attending its own business – manufacturing surgical instruments and sports ware. But this winter the Lady is in the field to question the popularity of Speaker Chaudhary Amir Hussain. And for that she had to part ways with her party and recognize the leadership of Benazir Bhutto. We need not dig out the exact cause of her differences with the then General Pervez Musharraf and Company because that's not the real cause behind Sialkot's present concern for the Constitution.
It so happened, or we so assume, that on Sunday last or say a couple of days before that, as the President prepared to embark on the tour he inquired about the arrangements in his absence. He was told that since he had appointed the officiating person as the caretaker Prime Minister, the only available option to handle the affairs of his office was a Chaudhry from Sialkot. In short, unlike the people of Sialkot, the President and Pakistan literally had no choice.
Now, Dr. Firdous is pitched against the same Chaudhry in a general election which has to be fair and transparent. But this one in Sialkot is more than transparent. Here an ex-MNA had locked horns with the Speaker of the National Assembly who is now the President as well. She could tackle a Speaker without an Assembly but what can she do about the President? Mind it, even the whole nation can't do much against the President.
God forbid, if any thing happens to the President during the current tour, what do we do? Or in case he decides not to return home and gets a work permit against terrorism elsewhere, we have to find another President rather in rush. Under the Constitution, in such eventuality cited in Article 49 Clause (1), the Chairman Senate has to act as the President but if he can't for some rhyme or reason, the Speaker assumes the highest office. Right now the Chairman is pretty happy to be the careless Prime Minister and cannot instantly resume the Office of the President. Therefore, the Chaudhry from Sialkot will have to act as the President and in that case, one wonders if he can still be a candidate for the National Assembly. The Constitution, mind it, has written a special article to prevent such candidacy. Clause (2) of Article 43 reads: "The President shall not be a candidate for election as a member of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) or a Provincial Assembly; and , if a member of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) or a Provincial Assembly is elected as President, his seat in Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) or, as the case may be, the Provincial Assembly shall become vacant on the day he enters upon his office."
Now you may discount Dr. Firdous's misgivings this moment but can you ignore her objection altogether. Please recall that unlike President Musharraf the Chaudhry from Sialkot is a ticket holder of Pakistan Muslim League and his partiality in this transparent election is no less transparent. As an Acting President, his candidacy is simply out of question and even the Chief Justice of Pakistan can't find a bypass for Sialkot like you have Gujranwala and other cities on the G.T. Road.
Dr. Firdous has called the attention of the Election Commission and sooner or later the question ought to be ruled by the Court in case the Election Commission does not disqualify the Speaker. And if at all the Speaker is disqualified, the President will have to find him a compensatory assignment because he would be paying for his fault. If the Chairman Senate was still available, the Speaker would be concentrating on his campaign in Sialkot where Dr. Firdous is having a monopoly at all street corners for another week. Obviously, Pakistan can't afford to risk the President for corner meetings and ever since the challenge before the Election Commission, the President is already cornered.
Practically, however, Chaudhry Amir Hussain and even the independent Election Commission will have to wait until President Pervez Musharraf is back and the question becomes enfractuous.   
In 1947 Pathankot went to Indian and Sialkot came to Pakistan. Without this city, in the current elections we would not know that we had a Constitution as well. Not a single politician did raise a finger when the President switched the Chairman Senate to the Prime Minister's Secretariat. Even Dr. Firdous had no time to spare for the question because the Chairman Senate is not a candidate for the National Assembly. In September last, he had filed nominations for the office of the President but no one bothered. All attention was focused on a candidate in uniform. A retired judge of the Supreme Court was in the race much like Dr. Firdous but the legal objection just didn't cross his legal mind.
Rest assured we do have a Supreme Court and you will have to pay its expenses in the next budget but without any vote. Expenditure on the Supreme Court is charged on the Federal Consolidated Fund and although it can be discussed on the floor of the National Assembly, it can't be put to vote. In case you file a petition in the Supreme Court questioning the appointment of the Chaudhry from Sialkot, a lower division clerk will pronounce that you don't have any locus standi to question his appointment. Reason: You don't have a domicile certificate besides you are not a registered voter or a candidate in Sialkot. Remember, the clerks rule Pakistan.   
The Constitution mentions quite a few cities in Pakistan though it somehow ignored Sialkot. But in return that city can't ignore the Constitution.