New Delhi: The Defence Minister of Pakistan, Ahmad Mukhtaar, on Monday refused to comment on the Pakistan Supreme Court's ruling indicting Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani for contempt of court. "The case is in court and we can't make remarks on this. The President can pardon him and a new prime minister can also be appointed," he said. Mukhtaar added, "The case (next hearing) is going to start on...
11:34 AM, Feb 13, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has been indicted by the Supreme Court for contempt of court for refusing to open the corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. Gilani is the first Prime Minister to have been indicted by the SC. Gilani denied the charges against him and challenged his indictment. The chargesheet indicted him for contempt of court. Seven judges of the Pakistan SC have signed the...
10:33 AM, Feb 13, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's embattled Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will appear before Supreme Court on Monday to face contempt charges that could decide his fate and plunge the country into a fresh political turmoil over his refusal to reopen graft cases against the President. Dealing a major blow to Gilani, 59, Pakistan's apex court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry on Friday had rejected his appeal against framing of contempt charges...
08:24 AM, Feb 13, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said he will resign if the Supreme Court convicts him in a contempt of court case for not acting against President Asif Ali Zardari, Geo News reported on Sunday. Speaking to an Arab news channel, Gilani also said the cases against Zardari are politically motivated and the President enjoys immunity in the country and abroad. Gilani has refused to write to the...
07:44 AM, Feb 13, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's embattled Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will appear before Supreme Court on Monday to face contempt charges that could decide his fate and plunge the country into a fresh political turmoil over his refusal to reopen graft cases against the President. Dealing a major blow to Gilani, 59, Pakistan's apex court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry on Friday had rejected his appeal against framing of contempt charges...
04:23 PM, Feb 12, 2012
Islamabad: In a major blow to beleaguered Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, the Supreme Court on Friday rejected his appeal, asking him to appear before it on February 13 to frame contempt charges for not reopening graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. "Our appeal was rejected. As a result of this, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will be charged for contempt of court on February 13. Inshallah, the...
01:21 PM, Feb 10, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday said that contempt of court proceedings against Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani would automatically end if the chief executive wrote a letter to Swiss authorities to reopen graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry made the remarks while hearing Gilani's appeal against an order summoning him on February 13 for the framing of charges in a contempt of court case...
12:30 PM, Feb 09, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday began hearing an intra-court appeal filed by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, who had been summoned on February 13 for framing of charges against him in a contempt case over his failure to reopen graft cases against the President. The eight-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry began hearing the appeal filed by Gilani's lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan seeking suspension of the order summoning...
11:54 AM, Feb 09, 2012
Islamabad: Citing precedents set by apex courts in countries like India, Pakistan Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday filed an appeal in the Supreme Court seeking suspension of its order summoning him for framing of contempt charges over his failure to reopen graft cases against the President. The 200-page intra-court appeal, filed by Gilani's lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan, asked the apex court to suspend its decision summoning the Premier on February...
02:14 PM, Feb 08, 2012
Islamabad: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani cited India's flourishing democracy and its "stark difference" from Pakistan as he lamented that no elected government had been allowed to complete its term in his country. Highlighting the importance of maintaining democracy in Pakistan, Gilani said the completion of parliament's term is in the interest of the country but conspiracies were being hatched against his government to prevent the holding of elections to...
03:16 PM, Feb 06, 2012
Islamabad: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Sunday pointed to the "stark difference" in the continuity of the democratic systems of India and Pakistan and said conspiracies were being hatched against his government to prevent the holding of elections to the Senate next month. Pakistan and India were created on the same date but there was a "stark difference in how they have continued" with their democratic systems, Gilani told...
02:22 AM, Feb 06, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Sunday acknowledged that the Kashmir issue would have to be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy as Pakistan "cannot afford wars" in the 21st century. Four wars have already been fought on the Kashmir issue and the region still "was a flashpoint", but in the 21st century "we cannot afford wars", Gilani said. "We want to resolve issues through dialogue, diplomacy, prudent policy...
01:39 AM, Feb 06, 2012
Islamabad/Lahore: Insisting that his government does not want a confrontation with the judiciary, Pakistan Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday said he will respect decisions made by the Supreme Court, which is set to charge him with contempt for failing to act on its order to reopen graft cases against the President. The Prime Minister's remarks came amid reports that the ruling PPP's top leadership has decided to contest the...
05:18 PM, Feb 03, 2012
Islamabad: The ruling Pakistan Peoples Party's top leadership has decided to contest the Supreme Court's move to frame contempt charges against Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani while not seeking any sort of confrontation with the judiciary, according to a media report on Friday. Gilani's lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan is likely to file an appeal in a few days against the apex court's order summoning the premier on February 13 for the...
02:11 PM, Feb 03, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's embattled Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told the parliament on Thursday that he would appear before the Supreme Court that has summoned him next week to frame contempt charges for refusing to revive graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. "I want to assure you that I appeared when the (apex) court summoned me earlier and I will appear again if they say so. If we do not...
10:56 PM, Feb 02, 2012
Islamabad: The Pakistan Supreme Court has summoned Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in a 'contempt of court' case. Gilani has been asked to appear before the court on February 13. Reports indicate that he will be charged and indicted when he appears in court. A seven-judge bench led by Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk issued the order this afternoon after hearing arguments from Gilani's lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan, who argued that the premier had...
02:23 PM, Feb 02, 2012
Islambad: A small parcel mailed to an office of the Pakistani prime minister in October contained a small amount of deadly anthrax spores, a spokesman said on Wednesday. "The security team became suspicious of the package," Akram Shahidi, a spokesman for Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani said. "After lab testing, it was determined that this was anthrax," he said. There were no reported casualties. The parcel was mailed from the...
12:12 AM, Feb 02, 2012
Islamabad: Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani should have written to Swiss authorities to revive money laundering charges against Asif Ali Zardari before invoking the defence of immunity for the President, Pakistan's Supreme Court said on Wednesday as it heard a contempt case against the Prime Minister. The apex court adjourned till Thursday the contempt case against Gilani after hearing arguments that the Premier had done nothing wrong by deciding not to...
04:14 PM, Feb 01, 2012
New Delhi: The Pakistan Supreme Court will be hearing the contempt of court case against Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday. The court has sent Gilani a notice for not implementing a directive seeking action against President Asif Ali Zardari on corruption charges. Gilani had appeared before the court in person last week. A huge relief came for Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in his last appearance as...
07:23 AM, Feb 01, 2012
Islamabad: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has dismissed reports that he was considering a proposal to grant another extension to ISI chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha and said a decision on this issue would be made at the 'appropriate time'. Gilani rubbished reports in a section of the media about his government giving another extension to Pasha, whose current term ends in March, in an attempt to heal a...
02:35 PM, Jan 30, 2012
