NRO review petition: AG objects to SC's bench

A five-member bench headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa was hearing the petition. The Supreme Court on Wednesday resumed hearing of the review petition filed by the federation against the July 12 judgment in NRO implementation case. During case proceeding, Attorney General Irfan Qadir requested the formation of a larger bench to hear the appeal, adding that the bench which gave July 12 judgment should hear the review petition. Attorney General said that Prime Minister can not be made party in the case. He also argued that the judges should act according to the constitution. The government, last week, challenged a court order that asked Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf to write a letter to Swiss authorities seeking the reopening of money laundering cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. The peitition was filed in the backdrop of the issuing of a show-cause notice for contempt of court to Prime Minister Ashraf over his failure to implement the court’s directive of writing the letter.