Nawaz Sharif... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
Thursday demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani
... Pakistain's erstwhile current prime minister, whose occasional feats of mental gymnastics can be awe-inspiring ...
after he was convicted of contempt of court.
"The prime minister should immediately resign. He should step down without causing further crisis," Sharif said speaking to a private television channel.
Sharif, who has twice served as prime minister, also called for fresh elections.
"The court verdict is based on truth and reality. It must have punished the prime minister with a heavy heart, but the prime minister himself is to be blamed," he said.
"The prime minister himself invited this situation," he added.
The Supreme Court convicted Gilani of contempt on Thursday over his refusal to write to authorities in Switzerland
...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell...
asking them to reopen corruption investigations into President
Asif Ali President Ten PercentZardari
... sticky-fingered husband of the late Benazir Bhutto ...
He was given only a nominal sentence, jugged until the court adjourned, but could still be forced out of office.