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NAB has informed the Supreme Court that an application seeking transfer of $60 million from a Swiss Bank to Pakistan was withdrawn on the request of current government, reported Dunya News. Pakistans High Commissioner in Balochistan shifted record of Swiss Case from Switzerland to London. The court observed that nations money was wasted recklessly, adding that if the government didnt change its ways the bombs would keep exploding. During the hearing of NRO cases, Additional Prosecutor General NAB told court that $60 was present in a bank in Swiss Case but their ownership isnt known yet. The government had filed an application seeking transfer of that money but current government withdrew this application, he added. Chief Justice asked that why the application was withdrawn in such hurry and questioned whether Pakistan wasnt safe as record of the case had been shifted to London. Justice Khalil Ramday observed that cat had come out of bag. You will have to tell who ordered to take cases record back from the lawyer in Switzerland and on whose orders, Ramday told Prosecutor General. Justice Raja Fiaz observed that record was safe earlier but became unsafe afterwards. After the break, Chairman NAB Naveed Ahsan informed the court that Swiss Case was dropped on the letter of Attorney General and Pakistani High Commissioner in UK shifted cases record from Switzerland to London. On this Justice Ramday remarked that what was the need that High Commissioner himself went to Geneva to take the record and why Pakistans ambassador in Geneva could not do the job. Chief Justice remarked that NAB and FIA made the Swiss Case a base to go on trip to Geneva and spent millions of dollars. Nation is making the both ends meet with great difficulty and you are wasting national kitty, CJ observed. Earlier, Sindh AG presented the list of NRO beneficiaries according to which criminal cases against MQM Chief Altaf Hussain, Babar Ghori, Farooq Sattar and Shoaib Bokhari were dropped. Criminal cases against 7,000 people were dropped under NRO. AG couldnt present the order of provincial government on which CJ remarked that review board wasnt authorized to drop criminal cases and only provincial government could do so.If the government didnt order to drop these cases they still exist, CJ observed. Justice Ramday remarked that one person was accused of taking bribe to drop cases but that person is still at large. He should hide his face with shame, he said. The hearing was adjourned till tomorrow.
