ISLAMABAD: In the light of Supreme Court orders, the Ministry of Law has prepared a summary on reopening money-laundering cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, which will be dispatched to Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani.
However, in its summary, the ministry has said that the case had been closed and could not be reopened, arguing that the president is supreme commander of armed force and a part of the Parliament, sources said.
The SC has given a final ultimatum to the government on Wednesday to reopen the cases against Zardari, closed under National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), at the Swiss Court by Friday.
The cases against Zardari were closed after former President Gen. Pervez Musharraf issued the NRO, which granted amnesty to politicians accused of certain crimes including money-laundering, embezzlement and corruption over a certain period. On Dec. 16, 2009 the Supreme Court’s three-member bench had struck down the NRO as unconstitutional.
A three-member bench of the apex court, comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Tariq Pervez and Justice Ghulam Rabbani was conducting a hearing into the non-implementation of its NRO verdict.
However, in its summary, the ministry has said that the case had been closed and could not be reopened, arguing that the president is supreme commander of armed force and a part of the Parliament, sources said.
The SC has given a final ultimatum to the government on Wednesday to reopen the cases against Zardari, closed under National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), at the Swiss Court by Friday.
The cases against Zardari were closed after former President Gen. Pervez Musharraf issued the NRO, which granted amnesty to politicians accused of certain crimes including money-laundering, embezzlement and corruption over a certain period. On Dec. 16, 2009 the Supreme Court’s three-member bench had struck down the NRO as unconstitutional.
A three-member bench of the apex court, comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Tariq Pervez and Justice Ghulam Rabbani was conducting a hearing into the non-implementation of its NRO verdict.
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