Top court summons asset details from Musharraf, Zardari
SC adjourns hearing until August 7 – after expiration of amnesty scheme
Asif Ali Zardari (L) and Pervez Musharraf (R). PHOTO: EXPRESS
ISLAMABAD:
The country’s top court on Wednesday summoned details of assets possessed by former presidents, General (retd) Pervez Musharraf and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, and former attorney general Malik Muhammad Qayyum.
As the three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, resumed hearing the petition filed by Feroze Shah Gillani against the National Reconciliation Order (NRO) and seeking recovery of losses worth billions suffered by the country due to the agreement, Musharraf’s counsel sought two-weeks’ time to submit reply.
Top court issues notices to Musharraf, Zardari in NRO case
Top judge rejects talk of NRO-style deal
Meanwhile, counsel for PPP co-chairperson, Farooq H Naek, submitted reply on behalf of his client. When he said that Zardari had faced eight cases and submitted affidavits attached with the nomination papers, the top judge remarked that he was not only speaking about Zardari but about every aspiring candidate.
The top court adjourned hearing until August 7 – after expiration of amnesty scheme.
The country’s top court on Wednesday summoned details of assets possessed by former presidents, General (retd) Pervez Musharraf and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, and former attorney general Malik Muhammad Qayyum.
As the three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, resumed hearing the petition filed by Feroze Shah Gillani against the National Reconciliation Order (NRO) and seeking recovery of losses worth billions suffered by the country due to the agreement, Musharraf’s counsel sought two-weeks’ time to submit reply.
Top court issues notices to Musharraf, Zardari in NRO case
Top judge rejects talk of NRO-style deal
Meanwhile, counsel for PPP co-chairperson, Farooq H Naek, submitted reply on behalf of his client. When he said that Zardari had faced eight cases and submitted affidavits attached with the nomination papers, the top judge remarked that he was not only speaking about Zardari but about every aspiring candidate.
The top court adjourned hearing until August 7 – after expiration of amnesty scheme.