Tag Archives: NRO

0
Supreme Court will start again the hearing of NRO review case

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court will stat again the hearing of the NRO review case today (Monday).

During the hearing, the Advocate on Record, Abdul Ghafoor, declared that he is separating himself from the case. Abdul Ghafoor said that,

“I am withdrawing from the case due to a medical issue.”

The Court has threatened to cancel the Advocate on Record’s license.

The Supreme Court has informed Ghafoor, the prime minister will be summoned if you withdraw from the case.

Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry added that,

“The federal government will not be given any special treatment.”

The Additional Advocate stated: “We should be the given the right to appoint a counsel of our choice.”

0
Government appeals PCB to take action against Kamal Azfar

ISLAMABAD: Federal government has appealed the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) to take action against Kamal Azfar, former counsel in NRO case.

The government, in its application sent to PBC, has pleaded that Kamal Azfar was removed on October 2010 from the case, adding that on October 13, 2010 he had been stopped to represent the government in the NRO case.

The plea further added that despite his removal, Kamal Azfar represented the government and illegally wrote letters on Oct 30, 2010 and March 30, 2011. It also alleged that he had also leveled allegations against the federation.
The government urged the PBC to take action against Kamal Azfar against this.

0
NRO review petition

ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court on Monday starts again the hearing of a petition filed by the government against the court’s verdict of declaring the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) illegal. According to sources the apex court refused the request of senior government cousel Kamal Azfar of withdrawing advocacy from the case, as he argued that the government did not approached him yet.

According to MR Azfar,“I will surely be in the Supreme Court because it is the direction of the court, but I don’t know what I will be pleading because the government has not yet approached me”

The chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry notified Azfar that the court would reject the review petition if he was not able to plead.

The additional attorney general asked the bench to allow him to represent government in the case but was refused and was told to ‘sit down on his seat.’

MR Azfar asked for more time as he needed directions from government to present evidences.

After a respite of over five months the government is again in the eye of the storm as a 17-judge full court resumed the hearing on Monday of the review petition against the NRO verdict. Mr Azfar, who had pleaded the case in the main petition against the NRO, was replaced by Sardar Latif Khosa who took the charge after Mr Azfar was made adviser to the prime minister on disaster management .However, court rules make it mandatory that a lawyer who argues the main case pleads the review petition.

Since Mr Khosa has been made governor of Punjab after the assassination of Salman Taseer on Jan 4, he will not be available to plead the government case.