ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau Chairman in discussions with the government has called for an expedition on the dates of the Swiss case against President Asif Ali Zardari here on Monday.

Earlier in the day, Informed sources told our correspondent the NAB chief was said to be in a quandary over the SC order for reopening cases against President Asif Ali Zardari because the government and the presidency believed that the Swiss investigation magistrate was just conducting inquiries into the matter which never became proper cases.

They were of the view that being president of the country, Mr Zardari enjoyed immunity and no case could be initiated against him.

NAB officials believed that they could not ask the Swiss government directly to reopen the cases against the president as such correspondence was done by the Foreign Office.

“If the law ministry gives a go ahead to NAB to reopen the president’s case even in that case too the Swiss government would be approached by the Foreign Office and not by NAB,” a NAB source told ‘The Statesmen’.

The President’s spokesman, Farhatullah Babar, said: “About fresh order of the Supreme Court, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, on the floor of the house, has said that the government will fully comply with the court’s order and the President enjoys complete immunity under Article 248 of the Constitution.”

The spokesman said that after the prime minister’s statement it needed no further elaboration.

However, Federal Minister for Information, Qaira Zaman has said that the government would comply at its earliest convenience.

“The government will present its viewpoint on the matter in the court,” the minister said.