Islamabad: Piling up pressure on new Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, Pakistan's Supreme Court today asked him to respond by July 12 to its order to reopen graft cases in Switzerland against President Asif Ali Zardari, an issue that had cost his predecessor his job.
A three-judge bench headed by Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk reminded Attorney General Irfan Qadir that former Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani had been convicted for contempt and sentenced for refusing to act on the top court's orders to revive the corruption cases.
The bench said in a brief order that it expected the new Premier would act on the court's directives.
Ashraf, a close aide of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chief Zardari, became Prime Minister after Gilani was disqualified by the Supreme Court on June 19 following his conviction for contempt.
Gilani had contended that the government could not act as the President enjoyed immunity in Pakistan and abroad.
He said there was no difference between him and Gilani on this issue.
A three-judge bench headed by Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk reminded Attorney General Irfan Qadir that former Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani had been convicted for contempt and sentenced for refusing to act on the top court's orders to revive the corruption cases.
The bench said in a brief order that it expected the new Premier would act on the court's directives.
Ashraf, a close aide of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chief Zardari, became Prime Minister after Gilani was disqualified by the Supreme Court on June 19 following his conviction for contempt.
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Gilani had contended that the government could not act as the President enjoyed immunity in Pakistan and abroad.
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He said there was no difference between him and Gilani on this issue.
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