Pak SC disqualifies Gilani as PM
In a massive blow to Yousaf Raza Gilani, Pakistan Supreme Court today disqualified him as the Prime Minister of the country, nearly two months after he was convicted for contempt in a corruption case.
Gilani had refused to ask the Swiss authorities to reopen corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari.The Supreme Court asked the President to elect a new Prime Minister. The Supreme Court ruled National Assembly speaker ruling over the reference against Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani as void.
“Yousuf Raza Gilani is disqualified from membership of parliament from April 26, the date of his conviction. He has also ceased to be the prime minister of Pakistan,” said Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry.
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