Pak govt submits Swiss letter draft to SC

September 25, 2012 14:12

Under immense pressure to reopen graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, the Pakistan government today submitted before the Supreme Court the draft of a letter to be sent to Swiss authorities in this regard.

Law Minister Farooq H Naek submitted the draft before a five-member apex court bench, headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, after which the judges studied it and raised some objections, before adjourning the hearing in the case till Wednesday.

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf had last week told the apex court that his government had decided to withdraw a letter previously sent to Swiss authorities for closing graft cases against Zardari.

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