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Subject: Pakistani PM convicted
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iceylips 26.04.12 - 09:26am
Pakistan's Supreme Court has found Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani guilty in a contempt of court case.However, the court gave Mr Gilani only a symbolic sentence and he will not have to serve any time in jail. Mr Gilani had denied that he had been in contempt for failing to reopen corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. The prime minister had argued that the president, who rejects the corruption charges, has immunity as head of state. * +

iceylips 26.04.12 - 09:30am
President Zardari is accused of using Swiss bank accounts to launder bribe money. He has long said the charges are politically motivated. The Supreme Court has said Mr Gilani defied a court order to write to the Swiss authorities and ask them to reopen the cases against Mr Zardari. * +

iceylips 26.04.12 - 09:31am
The defence counsel's main argument was that the case in Switzerland had been closed by a Swiss judge on merit and there was no justification to apply for its revival. The defence also argued Mr Zardari has international immunity against criminal proceedings for as long as he is president. Mr Gilani's team had argued that there was, therefore, no legal evidence to find the prime minister in contempt. * +

dodgey 26.04.12 - 09:42am
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iceylips 27.04.12 - 03:33pm
Gilani has refused to step down. This is my whole point, basically a bunch of criminals are ruling the country. You could rob and murder people and still be a president or a prime minister of a country. * +

vivek3 27.04.12 - 03:51pm
u dnt understand pak1 poltics nd power structure * +

iceylips 27.04.12 - 04:27pm
What's pak1???? says an Indian... anyway in recent years (since Musharaf and PPP stepped in) things have gone a billion times worse and I fail to understand how the country is surviving. No country could go through what Pakistan is going through and still exist... Pak is an exception i think.. * +

iceylips 27.04.12 - 04:29pm
Imran Khan is the only man who can save the country and I hope he survives until the next elections are held. Otherwise there is no hop * +

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