Islamabad:
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday left for Dubai on a private visit to meet his children and to undergo some medical tests, the presidential spokesman said.
Zardari was accompanied by his physicians and limited personal staff, Farhatullah Babar said.
The President did not visit any hospital on Tuesday for tests or treatment before his departure, he said.
According to Zardari's personal physician, the proposed medical tests are of a routine nature and linked to a previously diagnosed "cardiovascular condition".
Before leaving for Dubai, Zardari held separate meetings in the presidency with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, Senate Chairman Farooq H Naek and Interior Minister Rehman Malik to review the overall situation, security arrangements for Muharram and legislative business in the upper house of parliament, Babar said.
The President was seen off by some parliamentarians and members of his personal staff.
Zardari recently announced that he would address a joint session of both houses of parliament during which he is expected to speak on the controversial secret memorandum delivered to the US military by Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz and the recent cross-border NATO attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.