Pakistan government concedes to Supreme Court demands "The judiciary has conceded that the president has sovereign immunity," he said. At the same time the government has retracted its position of not writing any letter at all. The result will not amount to a re-opening of investigation. Swiss prosecutors have already said they will not pursue the case. The case centres on allegations that President Zardari, who is nicknamed Mr 10% in Pakistan, stole millions of dollars in kickbacks on government contracts when his late wife, Benazir Bhutto, was in power during the 1990s. The couple are suspected of laundering $12 million allegedly paid in bribes by companies seeking customs inspection contracts. They were only able to return to Pakistan after a nationwide amnesty saw hundreds of corruption cases dropped. The amnesty has since been declared unconstitutional. Former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was thrown out of office in June after being convicted of contempt of court for refusing to obey orders to write to the Swiss and it seemed his successor Mr Ashraf could suffer the same fate. There had been fears the standoff could force elections before February 2013 when the government would otherwise become the first in Pakistan's history to complete an elected, full five-year mandate. The court asked Mr Ashraf to present his draft letter later this month.