National Reconciliation Ordinance: No case against Musharraf and Zardari

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday disposed of the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) case against former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf and PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, saying the asset details are in and the law would take its course.

The SC disposed of the petition seeking re-opening of the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), promulgated in 2007 by the government of the then president Pervez Musharraf whereby cases against politicians were quashed.

A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by CJ Nisar, resumed hearing in the petition filed by one Feroz Shah Gilani, praying to order recovery of ‘huge amounts of public money’ misappropriated and wasted by beneficiaries of NRO through unlawful means ‘already on record in different judgments of the Supreme Court and high court’. In November 2018, the court had asked the petitioner to provide evidence with written arguments to convince the bench on the maintainability of his petition. On Friday, the court noted that the respondents have filed their respective replies, hence the instant matter is disposed of. “We would not like to continue the instant proceedings as the respondents have filed their respective replies; hence, we dispose of the case,” the CJP said.