
Islamabad/New Delhi: Appearing before the Supreme Court, Pakistan's embattled Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani cited President Asif Ali Zardari's immunity to explain why he cannot implement the Supreme Court's order to reopen graft cases against the latter. Presenting himself before a seven-judge bench headed by Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk in compliance of its directive after being slapped with a contempt notice, a defiant Gilani appeared to have earned a breather when the...

01:44 PM, Jan 19, 2012

Islamabad/New Delhi: The Pakistan Supreme Court was adjourned till February 1 after Yousuf Raza Gilani completed his 20-minute-long defence submission on Thursday in a contempt case. The Supreme Court observed that if someone enjoys immunity then the court should be informed. The judge asked why did the Gilani government not bring up the President's immunity for two years. Gilani has been exempted from personal appearance now. Gilani, who pleaded not...

11:56 AM, Jan 19, 2012

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