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Pakistan's Supreme Court declared on Wednesday that an amnesty that had protected politicians, including President Asif Ali Zardari, from corruption and criminal charges, was unconstitutional.

The 17-judge court invalidated the National Reconciliation Order, saying in its ruling that the amnesty "seems to be against the national interest" and "violates various provisions of the Constitution."

The order, passed in October 2007 under then-President Pervez Musharraf, protected thousands of bureaucrats and politicians, including Zardari and his wife, late former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, from corruption and criminal charges.

It expired last month.

The supreme court said its ruling revived all cases that had been suspended or withdrawn under the amnesty.

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/12/16/pakistan.supreme.court.amnesty/
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