Tuesday 26 June 2012

Pak SC asks PM to reopen Zardari graft case


Islamabad: Piling up force on new Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, Pakistan Supreme Court on Wednesday asked him to react by July 12 to its order to reopen graft cases in Switzerland alongside President Asif Ali Zardari, an issue that had charge his predecessor his job.

A three-judge bench headed by Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk reminded Attorney General Irfan Qadir that previous Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani had been convicted for contempt and sentenced for refuse to act on the apex court's orders to revive the dishonesty cases.

The bench supposed in a brief order that it expected the new Premier would act on the court's directives.

The judges asked the Attorney General to ask the Prime Minister and inform the court of his stance at the after that hearing on July 12.

Ashraf, a close aide of the decision PPP chief Zardari, became Prime Minister following Gilani was disqualified by the peak court on June 19 following his conviction for contempt.

Gilani had been convicted and given a representative sentence on April 26 after he refused to act on the apex court's repeated orders to approach Swiss establishment to reopen the corruption cases alongside Zardari.

Gilani had contended that the government could not act as the President enjoyed protection in Pakistan and abroad.

Shortly after pretentious office, Ashraf supposed on Sunday that the PPP had made it clear that it would not write a letter to Swiss authorities to reopen the cases alongside Zardari.

He supposed there was no difference between him and Gilani on this issue.

Ashraf had further supposed that his government did not want any confrontation with other state institutions and would work in accordance with the Constitution and the commandment.

The Supreme Court has been pressuring the government to revive the cases alongside the President since December 2009, when it annulled an official pardon issued by former military ruler

Pervez Musharraf that had benefit Zardari and over 8,000 others.

The PPP has claimed that the judiciary, especially the Chief Justice, has not been neutral in cases involving the ruling party and its best.

The crusading top judge too has come under a cloud after real estate tycoon Malik Riaz Hussain claim that he had salaried over Rs 342 million to the Chief Justice's son to power cases in the apex court.

No comments:

Post a Comment