Govt presses Swiss court case against Zardari

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GENEVA, Feb 20 (Reuters): Lawyers representing Pakistan urged a Swiss court on Wednesday to prosecute Asif Zardari, the widower of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, accused of stashing 60 million Swiss francs ($55 million) in the country. At a hearing, Swiss lawyers for Pakistan argued that money-laundering charges against Zardari should proceed in Geneva in spite of an amnesty signed by Musharraf last year erasing graft charges against the couple. Pakistan's Supreme Court has not yet ruled on the constitutionality of that amnesty. Swiss lawyers representing the state said the decision was expected in “a few weeks”. “This dossier is a bomb for Zardari,” Pakistan's Swiss lawyer Dominique Henchoz told the Geneva court. “His name appears on each page as the beneficial owner of offshore companies. Some 60 million Swiss francs have been frozen (in Geneva accounts),” she said. The three-judge court in Geneva, announced at the end of the 90-minute hearing that it would rule soon on whether to send the case to the prosecutor for trial, or back to a magistrate for more work. Bhutto and Zardari always denied the charges. (Posted @ 19:25 PST)
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[AgNoStiC MuSliM]

ha ha - Musharraf still has a few tricks up his sleeve... will this one pan out....

Depends on how strong the case against Zardari is I suppose. If Zardari thinks that there is a strong chance he might lose, restoration of the judiciary is a foregone conclusion, unless the PPP leadership shows some spine, kicks him out of the party and still goes after Musharraf.

 

[moha199]

Well i hope they prove the charges against him and send him a blow. He needs to be behinde bars that money is our money we paid for it. By the way it shows how bad our situation is. People like him are still talking to media and leading Pakistani people GOD BLESS PAKISTAN