Supreme Court of Pakistan to indict the Prime Minister

Supreme Court of Pakistan to indict the Prime Minister

The Supreme Court of Pakistan has recently decided that it will indict the Prime Minister of Pakistan Yousuf Raza Gilani by holding him in contempt of the court.

The decision was announced based on the fact that the Prime Minister of Pakistan had failed to comply with repeated orders by the Supreme Court that asked the government of Pakistan ruled by the Pakistan People’s Party to write to the Swiss government. These
instructions were given by the Supreme Court because it had wanted to re open a case against the President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari which was being investigated by the Swiss probe. The allegations in the case were made against the President of Pakistan
as well as Bhutto, holding them both responsible for carrying out money laundering activities.

However, during the time that the President of Pakistan was Gen (retd.) Pervez Musharraf, the National Reconciliation Ordinance was signed by Bhutto which caused the investigation against Asif Ali Zardari to come to a halt. However, the apex court of Pakistan
had decided that the NRO was illegal which in effect made the stoppage of the investigation void as well.

Therefore, the Supreme Court of Pakistan had ordered the government to write to the Swiss probe so that the investigation could be restarted but the Prime Minister of Pakistan had resisted in consequence of which he appeared before the Supreme Court to give
explanation for his actions. Despite the fact that Yousuf Raza Gilani had appeared before the Supreme Court of Pakistan, he had insisted that the government cannot ask the Swiss probe to re start the investigation against Asif Ali Zardari as the President
of Pakistan enjoyed complete immunity both within and outside the country. For this reason, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has decided to hold the Prime Minister under contempt.  

Judge Nasir-ul-Mulk made the following comments on the matter in order to express his views: "We are satisfied that prima facie there is a case for further proceeding into the matter. Adjourned for February 13, for framing charges. Prime minister is required
to remain present in the court.”

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Posted by Rabiya Maqbool on Feb 2 2012. Filed under Pakistan, Politics. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry