Swiss authorities have informed the government that they cannot open graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari in line with an order from the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Law Minister Farooq Naek said on Saturday, according to India's PTI news agency.
INP adds: In response to a government of Pakistan's letter written a few months back on the Supreme Court's order in the NRO implementation case, the Swiss authorities have expressed their inability to do so, sources said. Federal Minister of Law, Farooq H Naek has confirmed the receipt of a letter from Swiss authorities. Sources said the Federal Law Minister would himself apprise the President about the contents of the letter that he received from Swiss authorities.
It is pertinent to mention here that the much-awaited letter - that led to the ouster of the then prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani from his office - was written to the Swiss authorities in November 2012, following Supreme Court's orders in NRO implementation case. The apex court had issued to the government a one-month deadline to write a letter to the Swiss authorities to withdraw a previous letter to the Swiss government that the then attorney general, Malik Qayyum wrote.