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Summary SC will hear review petition against court verdict in NRO implementation case on August 15.
A five-member bench headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa will hear the review petition.Others members of the bench are Justice Sarmad Jalal Usmani‚ Justice Gulzar Ahmed‚ Justice Ather Saeed and Justice Ejaz Afzal.The government had filed a review petition against the July 12 order of the Supreme Court in the NRO implementation. The petition was filed by Attorney General Irfan Qadir.According to the review petition, the prime minister had not received any advice to write the letter, adding that he was not bound to write the letter.The petition further claims that the Supreme Courts June 27 and July 12 orders in the case are unlawful and if the letter was written, it will violate Article 248 of the constitution.Another argument made in the review petition states that the court itself cannot write the letter to Swiss authorities then why was it expecting the prime minister to do so.Meanwhile, the court had summoned PM Raja Pervez Ashraf on August 27 after issuing him a show-cause notice of contempt of court.
