Islamabad, May 25: Pakistan government today stuck to its decision that it would not reopen graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari in Switzerland and told the Supreme Court that reports about his alleged involvement in laundering of USD 60 million were “exaggerated.”
Law Minister Babar Awan, who was summoned by the apex court to explain the government’s failure to fully implement a verdict striking down a controversial graft amnesty, told a five-judge bench that his ministry’s records stated there was no case against Zardari in Switzerland and no legal proceedings were currently underway in that country.
When the bench asked Awan about steps being taken by the government to bring back to Pakistan the 60 million dollars that were allegedly laundered by Zardari through Swiss bank accounts, the minister said reports in this regard were “exaggerated” and were not based on facts.
–PTI