The Supreme Court on Tuesday resumed the hearing in the show-cause notice for contempt of court over the NRO implementation case, DawnNews reported.   A five-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, was hearing the case.

Justice Khosa instructed Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf to write the letter to Swiss authorities following four steps: The prime minister would authorise someone in writing to write the letter, the content of the letter should satisfy the court, subsequently the letter is sent and lastly the court is informed once the letter is sent.

Justice Khosa directed that the matter of the letter be resolved by Oct 2.

A Supreme Court bench had issued a show-cause notice to Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf for not implementing its orders in the NRO case of writing a letter to the Swiss authorities to reopen graft cases worth $60 million against President Asif Zardari.  

Earlier, Prime Minister Ashraf today appeared in Pakistan's Supreme Court to face a contempt charge for failing to act on orders to reopen graft cases against the President, marking his second appearance in the court.