Islamabad: Pakistan’s Supreme Court has issued a notice to former military dictator Pervez Musharraf on a petition seeking recovery of huge losses the country incurred after the promulgation of a controversial law in 2007 which gave amnesty to several politicians in all court cases.
Musharraf had signed the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), paving the way for a power-sharing deal with former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.
The ordinance gave amnesty to Bhutto and other political leaders — except then exiled former premier Nawaz Sharif — in all court cases against them.
Through the NRO which was later declared illegal by the court, several politicians and others were pardoned and their cases quashed.
The Express Tribune reported that the notice will be published in two newspapers circulated in the UAE where Musharraf, 74, has been residing for the last two years.