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DhartiPakistan
| 12 months ago
Pakistan has been thrown into a new political crisis after the country's supreme court pushed the prime minister out of his job. Three judges have disqualified Yusuf Raza Gilani from holding office and ordered the president to choose a new prime...
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The Independent
| 12 months ago
Pakistan today elected a new prime minister as the country's ruling party sought to draw a line under the political turmoil that has rocked the nation in recent weeks. How long the new premier will stay in the post remains unclear. Raja Pervez Ashraf,...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 12 months ago
Having already ousted one prime minister this week, Pakistan's courts sabotaged the appointment of a replacement on Thursday by ordering the arrest of the man nominated to take up the job. Mahkdoom Shahabuddin, who most recently served as textiles...
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The New York Times
| 12 months ago
Pakistan The ruling party nominated Raja Pervez Ashraf, a former minister for water and power, as its candidate for prime minister on Friday morning, making it likely he would lead the government after a parliamentary vote later in the day. Mr.
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Epoch Times
| 12 months ago
Party offer sweets while they celebrate following the verdict that removed Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani from office, in Karachi on June 20. Pakistan's president on June 20 summoned MPs to elect a new prime minister, signaling a swift...
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Indian Express
| 12 months ago
First, of being the countrys longest serving prime minister (with the supreme court disqualifying him from the parliament from April 26, Liaqat Ali Khans record stays, having been PM for 36 days more). Second, of being the first of 14 prime ministers...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 12 months ago
Makhdoom Shahabuddin has been linked to the illegal importation of ephedrine, used in making methamphetamine. Pakistan's anti-drugs squad has ordered the arrest of the country's proposed new prime minister on the day he lodged his application for the...
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The Economist
| 12 months ago
Pakistan's Supreme Court disqualified Yousaf Raza Gilani, the country's prime minister for the past four years, from office. Lawyers both in the court, and out of it, celebrated (see above). It was the bluntest challenge yet by an increasingly...
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The Independent
| 12 months ago
Pakistan's attempt to select a new prime minister veered towards farce today as a court issued an arrest warrant for the man chosen by President Asif Ali Zardari to be his next premier. Mr Zardari's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) announced this...
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International Herald Tribune
| 12 months ago
Pakistan The high-stakes battle between Pakistan's judiciary and government took a fresh twist on Thursday when a court issued an arrest warrant for a close ally of President Asif Ali Zardari, effectively blocking his nomination as the country's next...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 12 months ago
Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan's president, moved swiftly to shore up his administration's fragile position yesterday (Wednesday), announcing plans to vote in a new prime minister by the end of the week. In an attempt to avoid a power vacuum, party...
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India Abroad
| 12 months ago
The confrontation between the two will continue in other forms and other arenas, but to describe the recent judgement disqualifying Gilani as a judicial coup would be overstating its significance and implications, says B Raman. M akhdoom Shahabuddin,...
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The Globe & Mail
| 12 months ago
Story Under the domed cupolas of the Prime Minister's House in Islamabad, the seat of power for a nuclear-armed nation, no prime minister currently holds office. Yousaf Raza Gilani left the building, and his job, under pressure from Pakistan's...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 12 months ago
The people of Pakistan will never permit the undermining of legislature on different pretexts, President Asif Ali Zardari has said, contending that the era of "packing the parliament through back door" was over. Against the backdrop of Prime Minister...
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DAWN
| 12 months ago
President Asif Ali Zardari discussed the country's current political crisis at a meeting of the Pakistan People's Party's leadership here Wednesday, following the Supreme Court's verdict disqualifying his prime minister. Addressing the meeting of the...
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India Abroad
| 12 months ago
While Pakistan's right opposition parties as well as the mainstream Urdu media have welcomed the supreme court's verdict disqualifying Yousuf Raza Gilani [ Images ] as the prime minister, the country's liberal English newspapers have expressed...
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Voice of America
| 12 months ago
VOA News June 20, 2012 Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has summoned lawmakers to meet later this week for discussions on electing a new prime minister after the dismissal of Yousuf Raza Gilani. The president's office announced Wednesday that...
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NewKerala
| 12 months ago
Pakistan on Tuesday plunged into a fresh spell of political uncertainty after the Supreme Court ruled that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani stood disqualified since his conviction for contempt, and asked President Asif Ali Zardari to appoint a new...
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Indian Express
| 12 months ago
Sections of the media questioned the apex court's ruling that declared Yousuf Raza Gilani ineligible for the post of premier, with commentators asking why the judiciary had acted almost two months after the Prime Minister was convicted of contempt...
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Al Jazeera
| 12 months ago
M Pakistan People's Party weighs up options for post after Supreme Court disqualifies Yusuf Raza Gilani for contempt. Last Modified: 20 Jun 2012 10:07 The Pakistani president and his political allies have entered a second day of discussions to choose...
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DAWN
| 12 months ago
An elected prime minister was disqualified by the highest bench of the judiciary on charges of contempt of court. The case made history as it remains the only case in Pakistan which resulted in the termination and disqualification of an elected...
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The Hindu
| 12 months ago
Contempt of court proves costly for PPP leader Pakistan plunged into fresh political uncertainty on Tuesday when the Supreme Court disqualified Yusuf Raza Gilani as Prime Minister in the wake of his conviction for contempt in April. The decision is...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 12 months ago
Pakistan was thrown into fresh political turmoil on Tuesday after the country's supreme court disqualified Yousuf Raza Gilani, the prime minister, from holding office. The coalition government held talks last night, with indications that political...
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BBC South Asia
| 12 months ago
He was convicted of contempt of court two months ago for refusing to re-open corruption cases against the president, Asif Ali Zardari...They urged Mr Gilani's Pakistan People's Party to accept the court's decision, and asked opponents not to take...
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BBC
| 12 months ago
Pakistan People's Party meets to appoint a new PM Mr Gilani's demise is the culmination of a bitter feud between Pakistani institutions of state The Pakistan People's Party is meeting on Wednesday to discuss a replacement to Prime Minister Yousuf...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 12 months ago
Pakistan's president was forced into a second day of crisis talks to find a new premier acceptable to his fractious coalition on Wednesday after the Supreme Court ousted the incumbent for contempt...Yousuf Raza Gilani, who became prime minister...
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The Hindustan Times
| 12 months ago
Leaders of the ruling Pakistan People's Party believe that the allegations of corruption levelled against Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry's son have some link to the Supreme Court's decision to disqualify Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. Arsalan...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
| 12 months ago
A decision Tuesday by Pakistan's Supreme Court to dismiss Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani for contempt threw the country's political system into turmoil, creating fresh uncertainty about who will lead a nation central to U.S. efforts to end the war...
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Telegraph India
| 12 months ago
Pakistan's Supreme Court today disqualified Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani as member of parliament, leaving little option for him but to step down. The order escalates a confrontation between the government and the judiciary and plunges the...
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Guardian Unlimited
| 12 months ago
Yousuf Raza Gilani was dismissed for being in contempt of court. Photograph: Reuters Pakistan 's top judge disqualified the country's prime minister from office on Tuesday, in a move likened to a "judicial dictatorship" by some commentators outraged...
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The Australian
| 12 months ago
S top court has disqualified Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani from office in a stunning move. The shock decision yesterday was likened to a "judicial coup", and has plunged the country into fresh turmoil. The Supreme Court convicted Mr Gilani of...
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The independent
| 12 months ago
Pakistan has been plunged into fresh turmoil and uncertainty after the country's Supreme Court disqualified prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani from office, with some analysts likening the move to a judicial coup. In the latest confrontation between...
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DAWN
| 12 months ago
In the aftermath of Yousuf Raza Gilani's disqualification from the premier office by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, President Asif Ali Zardari disregarded the option of early general elections and said that the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) will...
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The Age
| 12 months ago
Ben Doherty, Islamabad, Pakistan June 20, 2012 Read later Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. S shaky democracy is in new turmoil after the dismissal of Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani. The Supreme Court, which has openly warred with the elected...
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BDNews24
| 12 months ago
Dhaka, Jun 19 (bdnews24.com) The ruling Pakistan People's Party has convened a meeting of its parliamentary party on Wednesday to discuss the situation arising out of Yusuf Raza Gilani's disqualification as the Prime Minister by the Supreme Court,...
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Times of India
| 12 months ago
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was today disqualified as an MP by the Supreme Court two months after he was convicted for contempt, a staggering verdict that was surprisingly accepted by the ruling-PPP which swiftly moved to select a new...
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International Business Times
| 12 months ago
Share This Story Gilani, who has repeatedly asserted that Zardari is immune from any investigation or prosecution while he holds office as head of state, was convicted of contempt charge by the court in late April. The court had demanded that Gilani...
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International Herald Tribune
| 12 months ago
Pakistan The Supreme Court dismissed Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Tuesday, drastically escalating a confrontation between the government and the judiciary and plunging the political system into turmoil. Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad...
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National Public Radio
| 12 months ago
There's fresh political turmoil in Pakistan today after the country's highest court "disqualified" Prime Minister Yousuf Reza Gilani from office, The Associated Press writes . As Pakisan's Dawn newspaper reminds us , "the Supreme Court announced the...
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Chicago Tribune
| 12 months ago
Pakistan's increasingly assertive Supreme Court on Tuesday declared Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani ineligible for office, plunging the country into fresh political turmoil during a crisis in relations with the United States. In April, it found...
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Fox News
| 12 months ago
Pakistan's prime minister has been 'disqualified' from office due to an earlier contempt conviction, the top court declared Tuesday, a ruling that was likely to usher in new political turmoil in the nuclear-armed country. Yousuf Reza Gilani's party...
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The Hindu
| 12 months ago
AP File photo of Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani at the Supreme Court for a hearing in Islamabad. Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani was on Thursday held in contempt of court and sentenced to imprisonment till the rising of a seven-...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 12 months ago
Pakistan on Tuesday plunged into a fresh spell of political uncertainty after the Supreme Court today ruled that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani stood disqualified since his conviction for contempt and asked President Asif Ali Zardari to appoint a...
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DAWN
| 12 months ago
President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday held emergency talks among top leaders in his main ruling Pakistan People's Party after the Supreme Court disqualified the prime minister from office. Television footage showed Zardari, Yousuf Raza Gilani and...
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Telegraph India
| 12 months ago
In April, the Supreme Court found Gilani guilty of contempt of court for refusing to reopen corruption cases against the president. Gilani's lawyer, Fawad Chaudhry, said only parliament could dismiss the prime minister. No appeal was filed (against...
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Al Jazeera
| 12 months ago
M Supreme Court rules that current prime minister cannot hold office after convicting him of contempt two months ago. Last Modified: 19 Jun 2012 11:26 Supreme Court has ordered the president to take steps to elect a new prime minister [EPA] The...
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Time of India
| 12 months ago
Pakistan's top court on Tuesday disqualified Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in a stunning move likely to throw the country into fresh turmoil two months after the premier was convicted of contempt. The supreme court on April 26 convicted Gilani...
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BBC
| 12 months ago
Gilani from office Pakistan's top court has disqualified Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani from holding office, two months after convicting him of contempt of court. In April, the Supreme Court convicted Mr Gilani of failing to pursue corruption...
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DAWN
| 12 months ago
With the Supreme Court likely to conclude its hearing of petitions challenging the National Assembly Speaker's ruling in favour of the prime minister on Tuesday, the ruling People's Party is busy exploring options to deal with any eventuality.
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India Abroad
| 12 months ago
The Pakistan government's top law officer told the supreme court on Monday it had no role to play in the disqualification of the prime minister, which could be decided only by the National Assembly speaker or the election commission. Attorney General...
