Source: TOI on line:
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court warned the government of action if its verdict on amnesty law, which granted immunity to politicians and bureaucrats in corruption cases, was not implemented by January 10. The court had declared the amnesty law, National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), void.
To implement the SC order, the government must reopen graft cases against thousands of people, including Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari. These cases were closed under the amnesty law promulgated by former president Pervez Musharraf in 2007 to enable slain leader Benazir Bhutto’s return to Pakistan from self-imposed exile. Benazir had a number of cases against her pending in courts.