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| Pakistan prime minister found in contempt by Supreme Court |
| 2012-01-16 |
| Pakistan's top court on Monday found Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in contempt of court for not complying with orders related to re-opening corruption cases and ordered him to appear in person. "The Supreme Court has issued a contempt of court notice to the prime minister for not complying with its orders," Judge Nasir-ul-Mulk told the court which met to debate how to proceed on graft charges against the president. Pakistan's army chief has categorically denied that the military was plotting to seize power, confronting head on frenzied speculation that the government's days are numbered. Supreme Court judges are to hear a long-running Swiss corruption case chiefly against President Asif Ali Zardari. "In these circumstances, we are left with no option, as a first step, to issue a show cause notice," the notice issued by the seven-member bench stated. "The prime minister should appear personally in court on Jan. 19." Separately a high court commission is probing the scandal that has become known as "Memogate". The memo case centres on an unsigned note allegedly sent by an aide of Zardari to the US military last May, seeking help in stopping a possible coup following the covert killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan by US Navy SEALs. |
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