Justice Asif Saeed Refuses to Hear NRO Petition: Lahore

Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 3:07 pm

LAHORE, Pakistan News: Justice Asif Saeed Khosa of Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday refused to hear a petition about NRO beneficiaries and returned the case to the Chief Justice of LHC.

Barrister Javed Jaffrey had filed the petition, stating that NRO beneficiaries had been accused of looting national wealth, pleaded to declare the beneficiaries of the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) disqualified from contesting elections or holding any public office. In petition 16 prominent political leaders were made party.