Swiss cases: SC seeks report till April 05

Swiss cases: SC seeks report till April 05

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) on Thursday directed Federal Secretary Law

to present report pertaining to reopening of Swiss cases till April 05, Geo News reported.In his

remarks, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary said the issue of letter writing to Swiss

government should be resolved by tomorrow.The AG said this to the Supreme Court, which, after

an interval, started hearing the case regarding the implementation on the SC's verdict on National

Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO).The AG said in his statement to the court that he is faced with

hardships in getting the documents relating the Swiss cases from the Law Ministry. The Chief

Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry asked him as to who is responsible for

these problems.It is the Law Ministry, he replied.The CJ asked if also the Law Minister is posing as

stumbling block. The AG responded affirmatively.The court told the AG, 'Your account has been

recorded; now, you may go and tell the law ministry.'The court then called Law Secretary Justice

Aqil Mirza (retd) for explanation. Daily bickering is not good, CJ remarked. You must sent case

against Malk Qaym to NAB, he ordered Secretary.Law Secretary told the court that the Law

Minister has not talked to AG for a week. CJ then remarked that SC is interested in getting its NRO

verdict implemented.SC instructed Law Secretary to finalize the documents relating to reopening of

Swiss cases in coordination with AG by tomorrow and submit complete report by April 05 about the

steps taken in this regard.The hearing was then adjourned