Pakistan PM in court on contempt charges
- Published: 14/02/2012 at 12:32 AM
- Online news: Asia
Pakistan's prime minister was charged with contempt by the country's highest court on Monday, pleading not guilty to charges that could see him jailed for six months and disqualified from office.
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani arrives at the Supreme Court in Islamabad on February 13. Gilani was charged with contempt by the country's highest court on Monday, pleading not guilty to charges that could see him jailed for six months and disqualified from office.
Summoned over the government's two-year refusal to write to authorities in Switzerland asking them to re-open corruption cases against the president, Yousuf Raza Gilani is Pakistan's first premier ever to be charged in office.
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- Writer: AFP News agency
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