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Will hand over Zardari Swiss case documents over 'my dead body': Pak law minister | 'Over my dead body', this is what Pakistan's Law Minister Dr. Babar Awan Khan told Attorney General Anwar Mansoor Khan when the latter asked him to hand over documents
related to Swiss money laundering cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. According to
sources, all important documents and letters sent to the Swiss officials asking
them to reopen the corruption cases against Zardari are being held up by Awan,
and he has refused to hand them over to Khan despite several notices. It may be
noted that Khan had resigned from his post on Friday citing the 'non-cooperative'
attitude of Awan. Khan pointed out that since he assumed the office of Attorney
General, the Law Minister and Law Ministry did not cooperate with him, and that
he apprised President Asif Ali Zardari of this issue but the latter could not
address his concerns, The News reports. Khan blamed Awan and his ministry for
the snag behind attempts in completing legal procedures for sending letters to
Swiss authorities for reopening of cases involving Zardari. He was of the view
that the Law Ministry was not providing him the relevant documents, which he needed
for the pursuance of the cases. "Due to the non-cooperation and the non-cooperative
attitude of the law minister and the ministry of law and justice since I joined
the office, and especially during the present crisis, it is not possible for me
to continue in the office," Khan's resignation letter, which was addressed to
the president, said. |
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