<p>A day after the chief of Pakistan’s anti-corruption agency told the apex court that two letters had been sent to the Swiss prosecutor and other authorities to reopen the cases, Law Secretary Aqil Mirza informed a seven-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry that the letters were at his home and had not been sent to Switzerland.<br />The chief justice then remarked that functionaries of the ministry were “not interested” in implementing the apex court’s judgment that struck down a controversial graft amnesty and directed authorities to reopen thousands of anti-corruption cases, including those against Zardari.<br /><br />He asked the law secretary to complete the process for reopening the cases in Switzerland by Friday. However, Mirza sought more time for the purpose, saying it was a “sensitive matter” and he had to examine many documents. The bench accepted his plea and gave the government time till April 5 to complete the process. <br /><br />Chief Justice Chaudhry directed the law secretary, Attorney General Anwar Mansoor Khan and Abid Zubairi, counsel for the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), the anti-corruption agency, to jointly resolve all issues related to reopening the Swiss cases. The bench also directed the law secretary to submit a detailed report on the matter by April 5.<br /></p>
<p>A day after the chief of Pakistan’s anti-corruption agency told the apex court that two letters had been sent to the Swiss prosecutor and other authorities to reopen the cases, Law Secretary Aqil Mirza informed a seven-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry that the letters were at his home and had not been sent to Switzerland.<br />The chief justice then remarked that functionaries of the ministry were “not interested” in implementing the apex court’s judgment that struck down a controversial graft amnesty and directed authorities to reopen thousands of anti-corruption cases, including those against Zardari.<br /><br />He asked the law secretary to complete the process for reopening the cases in Switzerland by Friday. However, Mirza sought more time for the purpose, saying it was a “sensitive matter” and he had to examine many documents. The bench accepted his plea and gave the government time till April 5 to complete the process. <br /><br />Chief Justice Chaudhry directed the law secretary, Attorney General Anwar Mansoor Khan and Abid Zubairi, counsel for the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), the anti-corruption agency, to jointly resolve all issues related to reopening the Swiss cases. The bench also directed the law secretary to submit a detailed report on the matter by April 5.<br /></p>