ISLAMABAD: Following the dismissal of Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf’s reply submitted a day earlier in the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) implementation case, the Supreme Court granted Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf till August 8 to write the Swiss letter, Express News reported on Wednesday.

The court also gave the federation the option to file a review petition against its July 12 verdict.

A five-member bench presided over by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa was hearing the case when, upon objections raised by Attorney General Irfan Qadir, Justice Khosa quit the bench. More