Pak SC :Revive graft cases against Zardari
Pakistan's Supreme Court today directed Prime Minister Yousuf Raza
Gilani to ask Swiss authorities to revive graft cases against President
Asif Ali Zardari and to submit a report on the issue on March 21. The
apex court said in an order that Gilani should write a letter to the
Swiss authorities without waiting to seek the advice of his legal
experts. It asked him to file a report giving details of the action
taken by him at the next hearing.
A seven-judge bench led by Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk said, contempt proceedings initiated against Gilani for failing to act on the court’s earlier orders to revive the cases against Zardari would continue simultaneously. The bench asked Gilani to record his detailed response to the contempt proceedings by March 21, failing which final arguments in the case would get underway.
Emerging from the hearing, Gilani's lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan told reporters that the bench had asked the Premier to submit a detailed statement by March 19 or to appear in person and record his statement on March 21.
The Supreme Court recently indicted Gilani for contempt of court after he refused to act on orders to reopen cases of alleged money laundering against President Asif Ali Zardari in Switzerland.
A seven-judge bench led by Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk said, contempt proceedings initiated against Gilani for failing to act on the court’s earlier orders to revive the cases against Zardari would continue simultaneously. The bench asked Gilani to record his detailed response to the contempt proceedings by March 21, failing which final arguments in the case would get underway.
Emerging from the hearing, Gilani's lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan told reporters that the bench had asked the Premier to submit a detailed statement by March 19 or to appear in person and record his statement on March 21.
The Supreme Court recently indicted Gilani for contempt of court after he refused to act on orders to reopen cases of alleged money laundering against President Asif Ali Zardari in Switzerland.
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