Pakistan PM Yousuf Raza Gilani charged with contempt by pak suprem court

[Yeti]

So as long as he is President is is legally safe from prosecution it seems.

 

[Omar1984]

 

[Baby Leone]

yoh tu yaar woh machine gun say logo ko mar day koi kuch nahi kar paye ga sounds like communism no this law shouldnt be there like in kosovo the president who gave them freedom resigned bowing to courts saying the law is supreme

its like a group of presidents make this law to save their future generations...

BTW why only president is it the only higher post?

 

[Guvera]

Nothing will happen, the supreme court will give dates after dates, it took them 2 years to reach this far, what a shame, honestly speaking its not just govt who is failed, judiciary is also very badly failed in implementing its orders.

 

[Leader]

Great Day in Pakistan's History; second fruit of free judiciary, first NRO rejected now Executive brought subject to Law...

this conviction will establish that Law is Superior and governors as authority over the organs of the state if an office holder is not performing its role according to the LAW.

good job Judges

 

[Zarvan]

Great Day in Pakistan's History; second fruit of free judiciary, first NRO rejected now Executive brought subject to Law...

this conviction will establish that Law is Superior and governors as authority over the organs of the state if an office holder is not performing its role according to the LAW.

good job Judges

SC should announce Punishment soon and should announce before senate elections so these corrupt leaders don't get a chance to bring senate of their choice this will be disaster for next elections because that will create for next government and if it is an honest one that these corrupt leaders will not led them do anything

 

[cheekybird]

SC should announce Punishment soon and should announce before senate elections so these corrupt leaders don't get a chance to bring senate of their choice this will be disaster for next elections because that will create for next government and if it is an honest one that these corrupt leaders will not led them do anything

Nothing happening soon...its going to drag till the next elections..by then their corruption money will be in swiss banks n the people here will be left their heads.

 

[iPhone]

Kitna dheeth prime minister hai, yaar. Just to save his corrupt master he is refusing to abide by the country's courts over and over. He is willing to put his job on the line, he is willing to go to jail but he is not willing to write letter to the swiss.

Now on the 22nd Aitzaz Ehsan will present PM's case infront of court. And that's another unethical aspect here. Aitzaz should have never accepted to represent Gilani. He played a huge role in the restoration of the judges. Gilani picked him for the sole purpose of getting the favor back from judiciary. And unethical and immoral Aitzaz obeyed for his seat in the senate.

Anyway, he better write that damn letter or prepare to go to jail.

 

[Zarvan]

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan's Supreme Court charged the prime minister with contempt on Monday for defying its orders to reopen a corruption case against his political ally, President Asif Ali Zardari, sharpening a political crisis that has gripped the country.
If convicted, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani could be imprisoned and will likely lose his job.
On Monday, Gilani drove to the court himself, accompanied by his lawyer, amid tight security. Helicopters buzzed over a rainy and overcast Islamabad, and hundreds of police blocked roads leading to the court building in the capital.

Gilani said he understood the charges after they were read out and pledged to contest them.
The move was the formal start to a process that will now take weeks or months to conclude. The next session will be on Feb. 22.
The case against Zardari relates to kickbacks he and his late wife, former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, allegedly received from Swiss companies when Bhutto was in power in the 1990s. They were found guilty in absentia in a Swiss court in 2003.
Zardari appealed, but Swiss prosecutors dropped the case after the Pakistani parliament passed an ordinance giving the president and others immunity from old corruption cases that many agreed were politically motivated.
The bill was decried by many in Pakistan, who saw it as an attempt to subvert the law. The Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional in 2009, and also ordered the government to write a letter to Swiss authorities requesting they reopen the case. The government has refused, saying the president enjoys immunity from prosecution while in office.
Court supporters say the judges are upholding the rule of law. But government loyalists accuse the chief justice of pursuing a personal vendetta against the president, or of acting on behalf of the army to topple the government.
Analysts say Gilani seems willing to sacrifice himself and go to jail for the benefit of his party. But no matter how it ends, the case has distracted the government from dealing with the country's ailing economy and a violent Islamist insurgency.
The political turmoil has been a problem for the United States as well, because it wants Pakistan to focus on repairing troubled relations between the two countries and help negotiate peace with the Taliban in Afghanistan.
"The case has been very destabilizing because it has increased uncertainty, and the government is always worried about its survival," said Pakistani political analyst Hasan-Askari Rizvi. "A government whose performance is poor has become poorer."


Read more: Pakistan's Supreme Court Charges Prime Minister With Contempt | Fox News

 

[Al Bhatti]

Yesterday in the Red Breaking news bar one of the stupidest news was being shown "Gilani to enter court on foot" "Gilani adalat may paydal dakhil hoon gay"

Were there any initial plans to bring him to the court room through the ceiling? Or maybe there were planes of using a teleporter and transferring him from Prime Minister House/Office to the court room.

Those who cannot run the country are leading the country, those who cannot run a farm are running the parliament, those who do not know ABC of running a news channel are running news channels in Pakistan.

 

[Husnainshah]

I, for one, can't stop appreciating Zardari's strategy. The guy doesn't seem to have missed on a single thing from the day PPP came into power. First, choosing Gilani over Ameen Fahim or Shah Mehmood then dealing with the whole NRO issue up till now, and probably till the cabinet dissolves. Now as for defying court orders, well, elections are not too far. Let's let the people decide what's best for 'em.

 

[Guvera]

Nothing happening soon...its going to drag till the next elections..by then their corruption money will be in swiss banks n the people here will be left their heads.

exactly thats what my point is, i mean whats the point in spending soo much money, time and energy on NRO case when u cant implement ur orders or punish the culprit on time.

 

[Jango]

He said he will resign if convicted, let's see, although I don't expect him to keep true to his word.

 

[Respect4Respect01]

i hope this idiot is arrested and jailed.

 

[cheekybird]

i hope this idiot is arrested and jailed.

Not gonna happen ...till this day how many of the big hot shots in ppp,pnl-n,anp or specially mqm arrested..none!!!