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Updated On: 27 April, 2012 09:38 AM IST | | Mehmal Sarfraz
On April 26, Pakistan's Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani was "found guilty of and convicted for contempt of court" till the rising of the court by the Supreme Court of Pakistan
On April 26, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani was “found guilty of and convicted for contempt of court” till the rising of the court by the Supreme Court of Pakistan. As it turned out, the ‘imprisonment’ lasted only for 30 seconds but history was made in that short period: for the first time in Pakistan’s history, a sitting prime minister has been convicted.
The legal aspects of the Supreme Court judgement are quite complex as was evident from the various interpretations that were being dished out on our television screens. That the court mentioned Article 63(1)(g) in its short order led many to speculate about the prime minister’s disqualification as a member of parliament.
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