Switzerland asked to reopen case against Zardari under court pressure

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ISLAMABAD, Mar 31 (AFP): Pakistan has asked Swiss authorities to reopen a money laundering case against President Asif Ali Zardari under court pressure, an anti-corruption watchdog said Wednesday.
Although Zardari is immune from prosecution while in office, his government has come under mounting pressure to reopen scores of graft cases at home and abroad after the supreme court scrapped an amnesty shielding politicians.
Pakistan's supreme court gave the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) 24 hours until Wednesday to take action to reopen a graft case against the head of state, threatening its chairman with jail if he failed to comply.
A lawyer for NAB told the supreme court that the agency had initiated the process after being directed to revive and reopen "foreign cases".