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Summary The government has prepared strategy pertaining to PMs appearance in the Supreme Court on Monday.
The Supreme Court had issued a summons to the prime minister to appear in the court for justification regarding writing letter to the Swiss government about amount deposited in Switzerland by the president Asif Ali Zardari.Federal Minister for Capital Administration & Development Division (CADD) Nazar M. Gondal is of the view that the counsel on the part of prime minister may appear the Supreme Court on first hearing. He also added that a legal expert may rightly suggest that either the prime minister is bound to appear in the court on the very first hearing.Ex-PM Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani has said that the government would take final decision in consultation with its coalition partners.On the other hand, Sindh Information Minister has made it clear that gone are the days when the apex court had sent the prime minister to home for not writing a letter to Swiss authorities.It is worthy of note that the Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a show-cause notice for contempt of court to Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf over his failure to implement its directive of writing a letter to Swiss authorities to reopen graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, DawnNews reported.“We issue notice to Raja Pervez Ashraf under (the) contempt of court act 2003, read with article 204 of the constitution to show cause as to why he may not be proceeded (against) in contempt of court and (is) not complying (with the) relevant direction of the court,” Justice Khosa said.“He shall appear in person at the next date of hearing. Hearing adjourned until August 27,” the judge added.Dictating the order, Justice Khosa moreover said that Yousuf Raza Gilani was disqualified for failing to implement the court’s directives.The order said that Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf was also given a similar directive, adding that, the July ruling had said that failure to implement court orders would lead to initiation of proceedings.The short order said it was unfortunate that the prime minister had failed to implement the court’s directives, adding that, the government had also failed to submit a report in this regard.The order added that on July 25 the attorney general had requested for time until Aug 8, adding that, during the previous hearing of the case, the court was not provided with proper assistance.
