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Summary SC issued notice to PM Ashraf over non-compliance with the court order.
The Supreme Court (SC) has issued contempt notice to Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf in the NRO implementation case and directed him to appear personally before the bench on August 27, Dunya News reported.A five-member bench headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa resumed hearing of NRO implementation case.PM Ashraf had failed to comply with the Supreme Court’s order of July 12, 2012 for sending a request to Swiss authorities to reopen graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, the bench noted.Ashrafs predecessor, Yousuf Raza Gilani, was thrown out of office for refusing to write to the Swiss and according to some analysts the new premier could suffer the same fate.For more than two years, the government has resisted judges demands to reopen cases against Zardari, arguing he enjoys immunity as head of state.The allegations against Zardari date back to the 1990s, when he and his late wife, former premier Benazir Bhutto, are suspected of laundering $12 million allegedly paid in bribes by companies seeking customs inspection contracts.In 2009, the court overturned a political amnesty that froze investigations into the president and other politicians, ordering that the cases be reopened.
