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Prime Minister Gilani arrives at the supreme court in Islamabad. Image: Aamir Qureshi/AFP

Gilani becomes first sitting Pakistani prime minister to be indicted

ISLAMABAD (17 February 2012) — In a first for any sitting prime minister in Pakistan, Yousaf Raza Gilani was this week charged by the country’s activist supreme court with contempt. Gilani pleaded not guilty in a case that threatens Pakistan with renewed political instability.

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Troubled Times

ISLAMABAD (10 February 2012) — After months of preliminary hearings, threats and name-calling, the supreme court finally announced its decision to indict the Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani for contempt of court.

Lahore’s Shadow of Deat

ISLAMABAD (3 February 2012) — At least 122 people, mostly poor cardiac patients, have died in the Pakistani city of Lahore before the end of January after taking faulty medicine made locally and distributed free by the government-run Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC).

A Decisive Moment

ISLAMABAD (20 January 2012) — Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani is due before the country's supreme court on January 19 to face charges of holding the court in contempt.

Widening Spat

ISLAMABAD (13 January 2012) — Pakistan’s army has warned of serious ramifications after Prime Minister Raza Gilani sacked the defence secretary, Naeem Khalid Lodhi, on January 11, in the latest development over the long-running memogate scandal.

Supreme Court Scrutinises

ISLAMABAD (23 December 2011) — The Supreme Court hearings into the so-called ‘Memogate’ scandal has stoke fears of an irreconcilable rift between Pakistan’s powerful military establishment and the country’s demo-cratically elected government.

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