NRO Implementation case: Supreme Court orders PM Ashraf to write letter

Islamabad: (Thursday, July 12, 2012) While hearing the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) implementation case here today, the Supreme Court has ordered the Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf to submit a compliance report by
July 25.

If the prime minister fails to abide by the court’s orders, the court can take any action against him in accordance with the constitution.

While commenting on the proceedings, the court stated that the new PM was also bound to implement the orders that were given to the former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, who, while failing to implement the orders, had to face
disqualification from his position.

The apex court had ordered the then Prime Minister Gilani to implement its orders in letter and spirit without any consultation. When Gilani could not deliver on the court’s orders, he was served with a contempt notice and then
was convicted by the Supreme Court.

In this regard, the court has also taken notice of press conference of Minister for Information Qamar Zaman Kaira yesterday in which he stated that the constitution did not permit the writing of the letter.

Earlier, while informing the court about latest developments on implementing court’s orders, Attorney General Irfan Qadir said that the federal cabinet would evaluate the matter of implementation after seeking opinion of the ministry
of law.

The AG also requested the court to adjourn the proceedings till the end of the summer vacations.

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Posted by Fayyaz Yaseen on Jul 12 2012. Filed under Politics. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry