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Summary A five-member bench headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa is hearing the NRO implementation case.
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf reached Supreme Court on Tuesday to appear in the NRO implementation case.Federal Ministers‚ PPP and coalition leaders are also accompanying the Prime Minister.At the last hearing on August 27, a five-judge bench accepted Ashrafs plea for more time to address the issue of reopening the cases against Zardari and gave him three weeks.The bench directed the premier to personally appear at the next hearing.Ashraf is the second premier to appear in the apex court to face a contempt charge for refusing to revive the cases against Zardari in Switzerland.His predecessor, Yousuf Raza Gilani, was convicted of contempt and disqualified in June.Law Minister Farooq Naek met the premier on Monday ahead of the hearing, officials said.The Supreme Court has been pressuring the government to revive the cases against the president since December 2009, when it struck down a graft amnesty issued by former military ruler Pervez Musharraf that benefited Zardari and over 8,000 others.The government has refused to act, saying the president enjoys immunity in Pakistan and abroad.
