Lawyers representing Pakistan urged a Swiss court on Wednesday to prosecute Pakistan People’s Party Co-chairman Asif Zardari, accused of stashing 60 million Swiss francs ($55 million) in the Alpine country.At a hearing, Swiss lawyers for Pakistan argued that money-laundering charges against Zardari should proceed in Geneva in spite of an amnesty, the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), signed by President Pervez Musharraf last year. They said the Pakistani Supreme Court’s (SC) decision on the NRO was expected in “a few weeks”.
“This dossier is a bomb for Zardari,” Pakistan’s Swiss lawyer Dominique Henchoz told the Geneva court. “His name appears on each page as the beneficial owner of offshore companies. Some 60 million Swiss francs have been frozen (in Geneva accounts),” she said.