Zardari Swiss graft case must be reopened: Pak SC

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s apex court ordered Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Thursday to write a letter to the Swiss to reopen a graft case against President Asif Ali Zardari.
In its surprising order, the Supreme Court (SC) also instructed PM Gilani to file his statement by March 19 or to appear personally in the Court on March 21.
The Supreme Court on Thursday iwas hearing the contempt of court case against PM Gilani.In 2003 Zardari and his late wife, Benazir Bhutto, were found guilty in absentia by a Swiss court of laundering millions of dollars in kickbacks from Swiss firms while they were in government.