Letter to Swiss not a matter of defeat or victory, says Kaira

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira, on Tuesday, said that writing a letter to Swiss authorities was not a matter of defeat or victory, as the PPP was for cooperating with the Supreme Court.
Briefing media at the residence of the Punjab Assembly Opposition Leader Raja Riaz, the minister said that PPP had not taken a u-turn on the issue of the letter it had in fact never taken the stance of not writing a letter to the Swiss authorities.
The party was presenting a viewpoint, with the consent of its legal advisors, according to the changing situation, he added. He explained that during Gilani’s tenure, the Supreme Court had not left any other option for the government, and now PPP had avenues as the court was listening to the federal government’s narrations after the issue was debated on media and in legal circles.
He added that earlier, Aitezaz Ahsan had also expressed his concerns that the apex court was not considering facts but was focusing on a lower court’s decision.
Responding to a question, Kaira said that PPP had consulted with all quarters concerned, and the matter was now turning towards resolution, adding that the former Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani was also present at the meeting held on the issue of Swiss letter andwas consulted on the matter. While, the Swiss court had long ago acquitted PPP’s top leaders in the SGS Cotecna case, and Justice Malik Qayyum and another judge was sent packing after a recorded tape of the conversation between Shahbaz Sharif and these judges was unearth. To a question, Kaira said that both PPP and MQM were progressive parties and had developed a consensus on the local government election, however, sometimes the allied parties faced a deadlock on some issues but also found their solutions as well. PPP was taking on board, all its coalition partners on all issues of national importance.