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Summary LHC has sought reply from federal government on presidential pardoning for Malik.
A 2-member bench of LHC presided over by Justice Azmat Saeed Sheikh took up miscellaneous petition seeking nullification of presidential pardon in respect of Rehman Malik for hearing Thursday.The petitioner has taken the plea in the miscellaneous petition that Interior Minister Rehman Malik was dismissed from FIA, while President Zardari had converted his dismissal from service into retirement.The court had been requested through the petition that president has no powers to convert dismissal into retirement, therefore presidential pardon in respect of Rehman Malik be set aside.
