Govt accepts Law Secretary's resignation

In an interesting move, the government accepted the so far lying resignation of Secretary Law Justice (r) Aaqil Mirza after he has been summoned by the Supreme Court vis-a-vis implementation of NRO ruling case on Friday (tomorrow). A notification has also been released in this regard. The federal secretary law tendered his resignation from the coveted post on Friday last. Earlier, the apex court issued him a notice for not corresponding with the Swiss government regarding the Swiss cases on President Zardari. Aaqil, before his quitting, presented a report in the court, saying that the Swiss cases have been abolished and as such there is no need of correspondence with any foreign country.

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