A day after Pakistan's Supreme Court gave the April 5 deadline to the government to reopen graft cases in Switzerland against Asif Ali Zardari, the President's spokesman on Friday said that all verdicts of the apex court will be implemented in letter and spirit.
"All the verdicts of the Supreme Court will be implemented in letter and spirit as was done in the past," Presidential Spokesman Farhatullah Babar said.
Referring to the apex court's order striking down the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), a graft amnesty that benefitted Zardari and thousands of others, Babar told the media: "We are implementing all verdicts of the Supreme Court in letter and spirit and 150 cases have been opened since the verdict on the NRO and ministers are facing courts."
Asked about Attorney General Anwar Mansoor Khan's statement that Law Minister Babar Awan was creating hurdles in implementing the apex court's order to reopen cases that were quashed under the NRO issued by ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf, Babar said:
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