Lahore : A Pakistani court has issued notices to President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani, PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif, cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan and many other politicians, in response to a petition seeking the disclosure of their assets abroad.
Lahore High Court Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry directed all the respondents to file their replies on Tuesday, along with affidavits on the verified list of their worldwide assets.
The other respondents include senior PML-Q leaders Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Chaudhry Pervez Elahi, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Punjab Chief Secretary Nasir Khosa, Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Ghinwa Bhutto, chairperson of the PPP-ZAB faction.
The federal Cabinet Secretary and Law Secretary were made party to the petition.
"Notices shall be issued to the respondents in the writ petition who shall file their replies supported by their affidavits with an advance copy to learned counsel for petitioner," the Chief Justice said in his written order.
The next hearing will be held in the first week of December. Lawyer Javed Iqbal Jaffrey filed his main petition in 1993 and prayed that the respondents should be directed to provide verified list of their worldwide assets.
He recently filed an amended petition and alleged that politicians looted and plundered public money and transferred billions of rupees to foreign banks.
He claimed that Nawaz Sharif siphoned off and laundered over $3 billion, mostly to Britain. He further alleged that Gilani had spent about Rs 500 million from public funds on his houses in Multan and Lahore.
Lahore High Court Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry directed all the respondents to file their replies on Tuesday, along with affidavits on the verified list of their worldwide assets.
The other respondents include senior PML-Q leaders Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Chaudhry Pervez Elahi, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Punjab Chief Secretary Nasir Khosa, Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Ghinwa Bhutto, chairperson of the PPP-ZAB faction.
"Notices shall be issued to the respondents in the writ petition who shall file their replies supported by their affidavits with an advance copy to learned counsel for petitioner," the Chief Justice said in his written order.
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He recently filed an amended petition and alleged that politicians looted and plundered public money and transferred billions of rupees to foreign banks.
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