The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday issued contempt of court notices to President Asif Ali Zardari and former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf for not implementing the court’s verdict in the dual national case.
According to a Radio Pakistan report, a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry will hear the case on Thursday.
Notices were also issued to Chief Election Commissioner Fakhruddin G Ebrahim‚ chairman Senate‚ former interior minister Rehman Malik and the attorney general.
Last month, the Supreme Court had ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and courts across the country to ‘ruthlessly scrutinise’ all election contestants and also take action against former lawmakers with fake degrees and dual nationalities
The judiciary, which had given the landmark judgment that any person having dual nationality could not become a member of the parliament , had also decided to look within its own institution for those possessing dual nationalities.