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Gilani said he did not repent his decision of reinstating judges of higher courts, deposed by General Pervez Musharraf. President Asif Ali Zardari today left the presidency after successfully completing his five-year term.
Nawaz Sharif was today sworn in as Pakistan's Prime Minister for a record third term, as he vowed to revive the country's ailing economy. Speculation set off that a larger design to hoist a temporary government backed by the military was at work, ahead of general elections due before March.
Pakistan plunged into a fresh spell of political uncertainty after the Supreme Court ruled that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani stood disqualified. Pakistan Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani cannot be stopped from performing his duties as the Supreme Court did not disqualify him when it convicted him for contempt.
Yousuf Raza Gilani has decided to quit if an "unfavourable decision" is made by the Supreme Court in the contempt case against him. The apex court said in an order that Gilani should write a letter to the Swiss authorities without waiting to seek the advice of his legal experts. The apex court has been pressuring the Pakistan People's Party-led government to reopen the cases against Zardari since December , when it struck down a graft amnesty issued by former dictator Pervez Musharraf.
As the Prime Minister prepared for his appearance before the court, he faced the possibility of another case being filed against him for alleged misuse of authority. Gilani today offered to resign shortly after the SC served him a notice for contempt of court for failing to reopen graft cases against the President.
Gilani did not seem surprised when TV channels flashed news of the SC issuing a contempt notice to him today while he was in a meeting with three opposition leaders.
In the last few days, Pakistanis furious over power cuts that can last up to 18 hours a day in some areas have burned tires in the streets and thrown rocks at buildings. Two of them died of their wounds. Washington is trying to persuade Islamabad to re-open supply routes to NATO forces in Afghanistan that were closed last year in protest against a NATO cross-border strike that killed two dozen Pakistani soldiers.
The attack came after ties between the United States and Pakistan had deteriorated over the unilateral U. Islamabad is seen as critical to U. But it is often described as an unreliable ally because of its alleged support for Islamist militant groups, poor governance, frequent power struggles involving the judiciary, civilian leaders and the military, and widespread corruption.
It came at the height of the PPP's tension with the military and the judiciary. It was centred on an earlier judgment of the court that asked the government to write a letter to the Swiss government to re-open a corruption case against President Zardari which had been closed. The prime minister was charged with contempt for failing to write that letter. As the memo case went on the backburner, the contempt case also began to lose steam.
From the early expectations of a quick and harsh judgment, the case eased into a prolonged trial that has stretched over three months. Many believe that through its order today, the court has tried to put an end to an increasingly difficult situation and has left the matter of Mr Gilani's disqualification to others, whoever they might be - the parliament, the media, the political opposition.
Some politicians, including the main opposition leader, Nawaz Sharif, have already called on the prime minister to resign in the wake of his conviction. The media will also be raising this question in coming days. One opposition politician in an informal chat outside the court said it was unlikely because "Gilani has the numbers". Even if Mr Gilani finds himself disqualified at some point in the near-future, the parliamentary opposition is not expected to create hurdles in the election of his replacement, analysts say.
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