Supreme Court withdraws contempt notice against Prime Minister Ashraf

In what appeared to be a sigh of relief for the ruling Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP), the Supreme Court on Wednesday withdrew contempt of court notice against Prime Minister Raja Parvez Ashraf in NRO implementation case.

Heading the hearing today, Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, who penned down the ruling, said that the government complied with the court’s directives of writing a letter to the Swiss authorities for reopening graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari.

Law Minister Farooq H Naek appeared before the court and presented the receipt validating that the Swiss authorities have received the letter from Pakistan’s Ambassador in Switzerland. Along with the receipt, Naek also presented Ashraf’s approval and law ministry’s summary regarding the letter.

Earlier‚ Naek informed the court that the letter has been sent to the Swiss authorities in accordance with the apex court’s orders. The documents about the sending of the letter have also been submitted with the Supreme Court, he added.

“The court has disposed of the contempt of court notice against Prime Minister Ashraf and said that the government has complied with directions given by the Supreme Court in paragraph 178 of its judgment dated December 16, 2009 in the case of Dr Mobashir Hasan,” said Naek.

Talking to the media persons outside the Supreme Court‚ Law Minister Farooq H Naeq described the apex court’s decision to discharge contempt of court case against the prime minister as the victory of justice and democracy.

He said the government has always implemented decisions of the courts and it is a testimony that we do not want confrontation with any of the institution. The law minister said we want to further promote democracy for which leaders of PPP have given unprecedented sacrifices.

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