Graft cases against Zardari can’t be re-opened: Swiss govt

Graft cases against Zardari can’t be re-opened: Swiss govt
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Summary The officials have informed Pakistan government that cases against Zardari cannot be re-opened now.

 

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Money laundering and graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari in the courts of Switzerland cannot be reopened, says a letter by the Swiss authorities.

 

Pakistan's law ministry, which received the Swiss government’s response to the letter written to it by the government of Pakistan following the apex court’s order in the NRO case, opened the sealed envelope Tuesday.

 

According to the Law Ministry sources, the Swiss authorities have sent reply to Pakistan regime over re-opening of President Zardari’s cases in their country.

 

The Swiss officials have said in the letter that these kinds of cases used to be time bound in their country and now that time has ended, so those cases cannot be opened again. The Swiss law authorities also said that they had not received any new evidences against Pakistan's president, sources added.

 

The letter was opened by the Minister for Law, Zahid Hamid, said sources.
 

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