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...Within a year General Pervez Musharraf had ousted him as prime minister and established a military government....
...And the public blames Gilani’s successor, Raja Pervez Ashraf, a former energy minister, for shortages of electricity and natural gas....
...Yusuf Raza Gilani, Mr Ashraf’s immediate predecessor, was dismissed only last year, also by the Supreme Court....
...The court this summer served a contempt notice on Mr Gilani’s replacement, Raja Pervez Ashraf....
...Then, the Supreme Court, which has laid siege to the civilian government of President Asif Ali Zardari, ordered the arrest on corruption charges of his prime minister, Raza Pervez Ashraf....
...Earlier this year, Yusuf Raza Gilani was forced from office as prime minister after the supreme court charged him with contempt following his refusal to ask Switzerland to pursue the case against Mr Zardari...
...Pakistan was plunged into political crisis on Tuesday when its Supreme Court ordered the arrest of Raja Pervez Ashraf, the country’s prime minister, over accusations that he received kickbacks on electricity...
...At 44, he recalls fondly the relative prosperity and higher growth rates that marked the nine-year regime of General Pervez Musharraf....
...Raja Pervez Ashraf, prime minister, has agreed to withdraw government objections to a Swiss inquiry into corruption allegations against President Asif Ali Zardari....
...The extension of the court’s deadline to the government of prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, which had been asked to initiate the investigation by Wednesday or face “appropriate action” is not being viewed...
...The ultimatum by the court to Raja Pervez Ashraf comes hot on the heels of the forced resignation of his predecessor, Yusuf Raza Gilani, who lost his job for failing to carry out the same instruction to...
...Last month, the court disqualified Mr Ashraf’s predecessor, Yusuf Raza Gilani, for contempt of court because he did not carry out its order to restart the investigation into Mr Zardari, who has led the PPP...
...He was elected prime minister following Tuesday’s dismissal of Yusuf Raza Gilani in a supreme court verdict that disqualified him as a member of parliament for failing to comply with a court order to launch...
...The incumbent, Raja Pervez Ashraf, took over after the court last month sacked his predecessor, Yusuf Raza Gilani, for contempt of court for refusing to ask Switzerland to reopen its probe....
...A third PPP candidate, Raja Pervez Ashraf, the water and power minister, was also a contender, PPP members said. The national assembly will choose the next prime minister on Friday....
...Pakistan’s Supreme Court raised the pressure on the embattled government by charging Yusuf Raza Gilani, the prime minister, with contempt of court for defying an order to reopen a corruption case against...
...Raja Pervez Ashraf, who was elected Pakistan’s prime minister on Friday , is known to his critics as “Rental Raja”....
...He invited Yusuf Raza Gilani to India to watch their respective teams do battle in the cricket World Cup semi-finals....
...She met Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan’s president, Yusuf Raza Gilani, prime minister, and General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, chief of army staff....
...Admiral Raza explains that Pakistan is opening “a doorway for our Chinese friends” to broaden their presence in the Indian Ocean....
...Reports late last year said General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, the army’s chief of staff, had urged Mr Zardari to replace some of the more controversial figures....
...Mr Kardar was provincial finance minister of Punjab, Pakistan’s largest and most populous province, during the tenure of Pervez Musharraf, the former president....
...In the latest case of its kind in Pakistan, the provincial high court of the populous Punjab province on Wednesday disqualified Yasir Raza, a provincial legislator, found guilty of having submitted a fake...
...Yusuf Raza Gilani, Pakistan’s prime minister, announced the extension of Gen Kayani’s tenure in a televised address late on Thursday, praising the “remarkable” role he had played in Pakistan’s fight against...
...The amnesty, introduced in a presidential decree by former president Pervez Musharraf under a deal with Mr Zardari’s Pakistan People’s party (PPP), benefited as many as 8,000 people who had faced corruption...
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