Click to play videoNew Delhi: Pakistan government lawyers have urged a Swiss court to prosecute PPP leader, Asif Ali Zardari.
The government lawyers have accused him and his late wife, former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto — who was assassinated on December 27, 2007 — of taking $55 million in bribes from Swiss cargo inspection firms.
The lawyers say the money is now stashed away in Swiss banks.
The Pakistan government had dropped the case last year as part of the deal President Musharraf had struck with Benazir Bhutto.
On Wednesday, the Pakistan government had urged a Swiss court in Geneva to prosecute Zardari.
Lawyers argued that the charges should proceed inspite of the amnesty deal, saying the Pakistan Supreme Court's decision on the National Reconciliation Ordinance was expected "in a few weeks".
Pakistan's Swiss lawyer Dominique said Zardari's name "appears on each page (of the dossier) as the beneficial owner of offshore companies."
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