SC allows counsel change in NRO review case

Supreme Court of Pakistan. – File Photo

ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court on Thursday finally approved a change of counsel for the federation in NRO review case amid threats received by the senior Counsel Kamal Azfar, Additional Attorney General K.K Agha would plead the case on government’s behalf, DawnNews reported.
Mr Azfar wrote a letter to the Chief Justice Supreme Court Iftikhar Chaudhry, claiming Advocate Abu Bakar Zardari had threatened and forbade him to appear in court for the hearing of the NRO review case.
Although Advocate Zardari rejected the allegation, the apex court took notice of the letter and asked IG police to provide security to Mr Azfar.
In the letter Azfar claimed that the advocate threatened his wife.
Earlier a 17-judge bench headed by the chief justice, resumed hearing of the review petition filed by the government against the Supreme Court’s verdict of declaring the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) illegitimate.
On Tuesday the bench refused the repeated appeal by the Additional Attorney General K.K Agha of allowing Dr Khalid Ranjha to plead the case for the federation in place of Kamal Azfar, and adjourned the hearing till today.
The hearing was adjourned till April 18.