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2012-05-19 India-Pakistan
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No-confidence vote only way to unseat me, Gilani tells opposition
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[Dawn] Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani
... Pakistain's erstwhile current prime minister, whose occasional feats of mental gymnastics can be awe-inspiring ...
challenged the opposition Pakistain Moslem League -- Nawaz on Friday, daring the Sharifs to bring a vote of no-confidence against him.
"The only way to unseat me democratically is through a vote of no-confidence ... the president can only be removed through impeachment. If you have the courage then go ahead and use the available option," said the prime minister.
The PM was speaking to news hounds in Lahore at a joint presser with Pakistain Moslem league -- Quaid (PML-Q) chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, who is a coalition partner of the Pakistain People's Party (PPP).
Gilani was found guilty of contempt by the Supreme Court for refusing to reopen corruption cases against the president, but received only a symbolic sentence of a few minutes' detention in the courtroom.
The opposition PML-N has said they do not consider him the prime minister after his conviction by the SC, and threaten to hold a long march if he stays in office. Gilani, however, says that he will remain the prime minister as long as the parliament allows him to.
"I will not resign on somebody's wishes ... I have complete support of the parliament," said PM Gilani, Pakistain's longest serving democratically elected prime minister.
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