Graft ghost haunts Zardari

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Islamabad, Mar 31: Bowing to pressure from the Supreme Court, Pakistan government has asked Switzerland to reopen graft cases against Asif Ali Zardari over alleged stashing of USD 60 million in Swiss banks, signalling growing rift between the President and an assertive Chief Justice.
 The chief of National Accountability Bureau (NAB), the country’s top anti-graft agency, told a seven-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhary that authorities had written letters to Swiss Attorney General and other officials to reopen the corruption cases against Zardari that were closed under a controversial graft amnesty issued by ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf.
 The international mutual legal assistance that was granted to Switzerland in 1997 and subsequently withdrawn would be restored to facilitate the reopening of cases, NAB Chairman Naveed Ahsan’s lawyer Abid Zubairi informed the apex court.

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Lastupdate on : Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT
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