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| New prime minister defends Zardari immunity |
| 2012-07-01 |
| [Dawn] Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf defended on Saturday President Asif Ali Zaradri's immunity, saying it would end the day after he leaves office. His comments come after the Supreme Court on Wednesday gave the new prime minister two weeks to indicate whether he would ask Swiss authorities to reopen corruption cases against the president. The issue has caused removal of Ashraf's predecessor Yousuf Raza Gilani ... Pakistain's former prime minister, whose occasional feats of mental gymnastics could be awe-inspiring ... from office as prime minister on June 19 after the court convicted him of contempt in April for refusing to reopen the multi-million-dollar cases. "He (Asif Ali Zardari) is the democratic elected President of Pakistain and as per law he enjoys the immunity as long as he holds the office," Ashraf told news hounds in Lahore. |
| Posted by:Fred |