In a bid to save the skin of President Asif Ali Zardari in Swiss cases, the former government of the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) covertly sent a letter to Swiss authorities, asking them not to entertain its official letter sent on orders of the Supreme Court in NRO implementation case for reopening graft cases against the president.
The covert letter was sent following the apex court’s order to the government to send a letter to Swiss authorities requesting them to reopen criminal cases against the president.
The government had written a letter after approval by the Supreme Court bench in NRO implementation case and sent it to the concerned authorities in Switzerland on November 5, 2012.
However, the secretary law had again sent a letter without informing anyone on November 22 last year, asking the Swiss authorities not to pay heed to its earlier request.
Munir A Malik, the attorney general of Pakistan, made this startling revelation in the court on Wednesday during the hearing of the NRO implementation case.
He told the SC bench that then secretary law, Yasmin Abbasi, had sent a letter to the Swiss authorities in relation to graft cases against Zardari on November 22, without informing the Supreme Court.
He said the Swiss government closed the cases against the president on February 4 and also sent an official communiqué to Pakistan which was received on June 14. Malik said though the matter had become time-barred as the government had to challenge the Swiss decision within ten days, however, the government had filed an appeal with the Swiss government to reopen the cases.
Malik also submitted documents with the court in this regard, including the second letter sent by the former law secretary.
He informed the court that the prime minister had ordered a thorough probe into the matter and a committee formed to investigate the second letter.
He said Intelligence Bureau chief Aftab Sultan and Cabinet Division Secretary Sami Saeed would be probing the issue and would submit their report to the apex court.
The attorney general told the court that the Ministry of Law had also destroyed all proof related to the second letter.
By sending a second letter to the Swiss authorities, the secretary law made the first letter invalid, Munir A Malik contended.
On February 4 this year, Swiss authorities declined to reopen cases against President Zardari in response to the letter sent on November 22, not the one sent on November 5.
The disclosure infuriated Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry.
In his remarks, the CJP said the matter had been brought forward by the media.
He said the former attorney general and the Law Ministry had kept the court in the dark, adding that those responsible would have to face the consequences.
Terming the action on the part of law secretary contempt of court, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said the matter should be investigated.
He directed the government to share the findings of the probe with the court and adjourned the hearing for two weeks.
How can we trust this democracy and its govt,lies,loot,lawlessness,blame games and inefficiency in every aspect of governance.
See the result of democracy all stooges get the tickets,all criminals and uneducated goons get the ticket,just in the name of democracy.
Military rule is far better ,we get disciplined ,educated class who maintain law and order,maintain peace and progress.
CJ chaudhary had let the criminals and terrorists off,let hussain haqqani off and still degrade the military rule and boasts and encourage criminals to get back to the parliament.
Well done. In my opinion our survival and existence to this date is due to military rulers, Had these befoons been in power, we would have been annihilated since long. To me this is the worst thing done by PPP government, and I do not see Nawaz Government living o its logical end.
Spot on Riaz Sahib, the ironic thing is a whole load of good things were done under Musharaf & look what they are doing to him, all under instructions from the paymaster USA. We are a nation sold out !!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for all information. Verry good
Swiss government work in a systematic way and the story seems ilogical. PMLN started their typical actions.
Regardless,Zardari must pay for his wrong doings.Musharraf is facing the music,Zardari should too.And later down the road,its the Sharif's turn.
Supreme Court is the real culprit in this case. They dragged this case on for years untill the media started disclosing that the time is running out. Then, all of s udden, the court wakes up and starts their demand of writing letter. Kana judges probably got millions for putting this case on the back burner for years. He tries to look like a hero to the masses but he is just a low life gutter dweller.
Absolutely correct.
again same drama ….in order to avoid the major issue of the poor people
Yes. Musharraf and Zardari will be main issues hence forth.
Every dog has his day
We have had too many dogs.Let us how the current ones end up.
THE RULERS ARE SUCKING THE BLOOD OF MASSESS
What is surprise from this news.this is Zardaris' style.He can produce a fake will of Bhutto, artificial murderers of Bhutto and then this hidden letter.He is master of misleading his friends and foes.His this tantalizing nature attracted our daughter of east and he become real son in law of Pakistan.So SC and AG can only rearrange this puzzle as I am sure they cant handle this character.
Thanks for all information.
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