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DAWN
| 1 year ago
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Sunday that no prime minister belonging to the Pakistan Peoples Party will write a letter to the Swiss authorities asking them to re-open the cases against the president, DawnNews reported. During a meeting...
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Indian Express
| 1 year ago
The petitions filed in the Lahore High Court yesterday asked it to direct Gilani to explain under which law he was claiming to be the chief executive of the country after his conviction. The petitions were filed by Shahid Naseem Gondal and Rana...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Saturday said he did not need permission from the Leader of Opposition to enter parliament following his conviction of contempt by the Supreme Court because he is a unanimously elected premier and a lawmaker.
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
President Barack Obama at the Blair House April 11, 2010 in Washington, DC. Pakistan, April 27 (UPI) -- Opponents of Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani are calling for him to step down after he was found guilty of contempt. Pakistan's...
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The Guardian
| 1 year ago
Pakistani prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani addresses national assembly in Islamabad and rejects calls for his resignation after his conviction for contempt of court. Photograph: Pid/PID/Xinhua Press/Corbis When the supreme court of Pakistan...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
A combative opposition chief Nawaz Sharif on Friday appealed to the Pakistani people to help him oust Yousuf Raza Gilani, saying the Prime Minister was "occupying his office illegally" following his conviction on contempt charges by the Supreme Court.
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BBC
| 1 year ago
Pakistani press at odds over Gilani verdict consequences Judges sentenced Mr Gilani to a few minutes' detention in the courtroom The conviction of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani for contempt of court and the symbolic sentence handed out to him by...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
Pakistan's future participation in the US-led war on terrorism hinges on bridging the trust deficit between the two countries and resolving differences on contentious issues like American drone attacks, President Asif Ali Zardari said today. Weeks...
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Al Jazeera
| 1 year ago
49 Gilani is convicted of disobeying court orders to open a corruption probe against his boss, president Zardari [Reuters] Yousuf Raza Gilani , the Pakistani prime minister, has refused to step down a day after his conviction of contempt of court by...
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DAWN
| 1 year ago
Nawaz vows all forms of protest to dislodge Gilani Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif on Friday vowed to stage all forms of protest including long march if PM Gilani...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has refused to resign after he was found guilty of contempt of court. A defiant Mr Gilani told MPs: "Except for you no-one can disqualify me." On Thursday, the Supreme Court convicted him of failing to...
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DAWN
| 1 year ago
Gilani, US envoy discuss Pak-US ties DawnNews Agencies 20 mins ago Foreign Secretary Jalil Abas Jilani and US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman holding joint press conference at Foreign Office on Wednesday, April 27,...
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Pak Tribune
| 1 year ago
Nawaz Sharif, president of his own faction of Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), on Thursday said Prime Minister (PM) Yousaf Raza Gilani should step down after being convicted by the Supreme Court (SC). Talking to a TV channel, Nawaz said that the...
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DAWN
| 1 year ago
The continuing contempt controversy Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has been convicted by Pakistan's Supreme Court for contempt of court, with implications that such a conviction will disqualify him from holding the office. Rather than levying the...
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The Hindu
| 1 year ago
AP Pakistani Prime MInister Yousuf Raza Gilani, surrounded by guards, leaves the Supreme court following a hearing in Islamabad on Thursday. A day after his conviction for contempt by Pakistan's Supreme Court, a defiant Prime Minister Yousuf Raza...
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The Economic Times
| 1 year ago
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's daughters have promised to "stand by" Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani who was convicted Thursday for contempt of court. Zardari's youngest daughter Aseefa turned to Twitter to say: "Proud of our PM Gilani and...
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The Economic Times
| 1 year ago
More political turmoil lies ahead, Pakistani dailies said Friday as they debated "the gaping chasm between the weight of public expectation and the letter of the law" over Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's conviction for contempt of court. Pakistan'...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
Pakistan's government was plunged into a new crisis yesterday (Thursday) after its prime minister was convicted of contempt over his refusal to reopen corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. Yusuf Raza Gilani faces being disqualified...
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DAWN
| 1 year ago
US Special Representative Marc Grossman would meet Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday, said the US State Department while making it clear that the United States considered the Supreme Court's verdict against the Pakistani leader an internal...
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DAWN
| 1 year ago
The gloves are off and the PPP is spoiling for a fight. A defiant party and prime minister on Thursday made it clear that they would continue with their challenging stand as far as the standoff with the judiciary was concerned. Shortly after the...
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The independent
| 1 year ago
Pakistan's prime minister lived to fight another day yesterday after he was found guilty of contempt by the country's highest court but escaped jail and automatic disqualification from office. After months of tension that had gripped the political...
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Telegraph India
| 1 year ago
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday convicted Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani of contempt of court but gave him a token punishment of less than even two minutes in a case that could see him stepping down as a fall out to "willfully flouting,...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 1 year ago
He was held in contempt for refusing to re-open corruption investigations into president Asif Ali Zardari. The president has been accused of using Swiss bank accounts to launder bribes. Mr Gilani was handed a token sentence and was released at the...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 1 year ago
Pakistan's Supreme Court convicted the prime minister of contempt on Thursday but handed him a symbolic sentence of less than a minute's detention, allowing him to leave the building surrounded by cheering supporters and still in power. The ruling...
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The Hindu
| 1 year ago
AP Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani waves upon his arrival at the Supreme Court for a hearing in Islamabad on Monday. Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Monday was formally charged with contempt of court by the Supreme Court...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 1 year ago
Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani waves to supporters outside court before being convicted of contempt and imprisoned for just three minutes...Mr Gilani had just been found guilty of contempt of the country's highest court. While he smiled and waved...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
The ruling Pakistan People's Party today rallied behind Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani following his conviction of contempt by the Supreme Court, making it clear that he would continue to hold the post. A meeting of the top leadership of the PPP...
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DAWN
| 1 year ago
The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and its coalition partners have pledged support to Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and have vowed to stand behind him, said a statement by presidential spokesperson Farhatullah Babar after a special meeting...
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War In Context
| 1 year ago
Facing a courtroom packed with lawyers, cabinet ministers and journalists, Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk issued a strongly worded verdict that found Mr. Gilani guilty of disobedience toward the Supreme Court and bringing ridicule on its judges. But instead...
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India Abroad
| 1 year ago
I n fact, Ahsan has already stated after the verdict was announced on Thursday that the prime minister has been convicted for an offence which was not even a part of the charge-sheet against him. "I am simply surprised that although there was no...
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DAWN
| 1 year ago
Protestors slam verdict against Gilani AFP 8 mins ago A supporter of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party holds a placard beside burning tyres during a protest against the contempt of court verdict handed to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in Karachi...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 1 year ago
Pakistan's prime minister was Thursday convicted for refusing to reopen a corruption investigation against the president, in a case that could see him thrown out of office. The Supreme Court found Yousuf Raza Gilani guilty of contempt over his...
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BBC South Asia
| 1 year ago
Three months ago, a momentous outburst of court cases against Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's government appeared to push it into the eye of the storm. The country's powerful military threw its weight openly behind the judiciary in what has come...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
The Pakistan government on Thursday decided to appeal against Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani's conviction of contempt of court, with the premier's lawyer saying the Supreme Court's verdict was 'beyond the scope' of the charges framed against him.
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Indian Express
| 1 year ago
The court also made a reference to Article 63(1g) of the Constitution, which lists the grounds for disqualifications of a convicted parliamentarian, but did not invoke it. "We note that our findings and the conviction for the contempt of court...
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Rediff
| 1 year ago
Tahir Ali As the Pakistan People's Party plans to file a review petition against the Supreme Court verdict on Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, experts say that the premier should step down on moral grounds before the country plunges into...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Pakistan 's Supreme Court Thursday sentenced Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani to a symbolic detention for a few seconds after he was found guilty of contempt of court by refusing to reopen the corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari.
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The Hindu
| 1 year ago
Pakistan's opposition parties on Thursday sought the immediate resignation of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani following his conviction by the Supreme Court for contempt on the issue of pursuing graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. In...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
The showdown between Pakistan's highest court and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is over, with the court convicting Gilani of contempt. The Supreme Court issued its verdict Thursday in Islamabad, ruling the prime minister openly defied the court's...
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The Jakarta Post
| 1 year ago
World Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was convicted on Thursday of contempt of court and sentenced until the rising of the court, DawnNews reported. A seven-judge bench of the court, headed by Justice Nasirul Mulk, announced the verdict...
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Washington Post
| 1 year ago
Pakistan Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday convicted Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani of contempt for defying its orders to reopen an old corruption case against the president, but the justices spared Gilani any prison time. The sentence was...
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Leader Post Online
| 1 year ago
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday found Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani guilty of contempt of court for refusing to reopen corruption cases against the president, but gave him only a symbolic sentence of a few minutes' detention in the courtroom.
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DAWN
| 1 year ago
s resignation AFP 12 mins ago Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif. Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif Thursday demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani after he was convicted of contempt...
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DAWN
| 1 year ago
Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is escorted by security and supporters as he leaves the Supreme Court after a verdict in Islamabad on April 26, 2012. Pakistan's prime minister was convicted of contempt of court by the country's highest...
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DAWN
| 1 year ago
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani (C) is escorted by security as he waves upon his arrival at the Supreme Court building in Islamabad on April 26, 2012. Prime Gilani was convicted of contempt of court by the Supreme Court on Thursday.
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday convicted Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani for contempt of court for refusing to revive graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari and sentenced him to a symbolic "till the rising of the court", sparing him...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has been convicted of contempt of court but not sentenced by the Supreme Court , according to television and news agencies. Gilani was punished till rising of the court which was only for a few seconds, but...
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Rediff
| 1 year ago
Gilani gets 30 second jail term : This is what the Dawn has on the Gilani's 'conviction'. Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday was convicted of contempt of court and sentenced until the rising of the court, DawnNews reported. "...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
Supreme Court (SC) ruled that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is guilty of contempt for refusing to obey an order to write to the authorities in Switzerland to ask them to re-open corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, Geo News...
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Al Jazeera
| 1 year ago
27 If found guilty, PM Gilani, right, could be disqualified from holding public office, forcing early elections [EPA] Yousuf Raza Gilani, the Pakistani prime minister, is to appear before the country's supreme court to hear a verdict in a contempt of...
