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Musharraf asked Swiss authorities to withdraw NRO cases | Former Pakistan Attorney General Malik Qayyum has told the Supreme Court that former President General Pervez
Musharraf had asked the concerned authorities in Switzerland to withdraw cases against the NRO beneficiaries. During a hearing into petitions against the legality of the
National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), the apex court also asked Attorney-General,
Shah Khawar to name the individual who authorised the withdrawal of the Swiss
cases. The 17 member Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar
Muhammad
Chaudhry said that the individual found responsible for the withdrawal of cases
will be sent to jail or will have to incur a fine of rupees two billion spent
on the cases. Meanwhile, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has also provided
details of the Swiss account holders in the Supreme Court. According to the details
President Asif Ali Zardari has accounts in seven banks amounting to 59 million
rupees. The list also includes the names of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto,
Jehangir Ebadi and Nusrat Bhutto, The Dawn reports. The apex court has also directed
the federal government's Attorney General Shah Khawar to file a written clarification
regarding his statement that the General Headquarters and the CIA pose a threat
to the Presidency and the civilian regime. |
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