Dual national case: SC issues contempt notice to Zardari, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf

Notices also issued to CEC and Rehman Malik for not implementing court orders in the case.

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan issued contempt of court notices to President Asif Ali Zardari and former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Wednesday for not implementing the court’s verdict in the dual national case, reported Radio Pakistan.

According to the 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 judgement that any person having dual nationality cannot become a member of the parliament – had also decided to look within its own institution for those possessing dual nationalities.