Pakistani Supreme Court disqualifies PM

19/06/12 15:53 CET

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Pakistan’s increasingly assertive Supreme Court has declared Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani ineligible for office, plunging the country into fresh political turmoil. In April, it found Gilani guilty of contempt of court for refusing to reopen corruption cases against the president.

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