Pakistan: PM Gilani Pushed from Power by Supreme Court

June 19, 2012 from Al Jazeera English

Pakistan has been thrown into a new political crisis after the country's supreme court pushed the prime minister out of his job. Three judges have disqualified Yusuf Raza Gilani from holding office and ordered the president to choose a new prime minister. The court ruled Gilani could not continue, after he was found guilty of contempt in April. Al Jazeeera's Will Jordan reports and Imtiaz Tyab joins us live from Islamabad.

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Yousaf Raza Gillani

Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani also spelled geelani is vice-chairman of the central committee of the Pakistan Peoples Party. He presided the country as the 16th Prime minister of Pakistan from 25 March 2008 until his retroactive disqualification and ouster by the Supreme Court of Pa... Explore this topic

Supreme Court of Pakistan

The Supreme Court of Pakistan is the apex court in the judicial hierarchy of Pakistan, the final arbiter of legal and constitutional disputes. The Supreme Court has a permanent seat in Islamabad. It also has a number of Branch Registries where cases are heard. The court has a ... Explore this topic

Prime Minister of Pakistan

The Prime Minister of Pakistan, is the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan who is designated to exercise as the country's Chief Executive. By the Constitution of Pakistan, Pakistan has the parliamentary democratic system of government, consisting Prime minis... Explore this topic

Pakistan

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a sovereign country in South Asia. With a population exceeding 180 million people, it is the sixth most populous country in the world. Located at the crossroads of the strategically important regions of South Asia, Cent... Explore this topic

Politics of Pakistan

Politics of Pakistan have taken place in the framework of a federal republic, where the system of government has at times been parliamentary, presidential, or semi-presidential. In the current parliamentary system, the President of Pakistan is the largely ceremonial head of st... Explore this topic

Asif Ali Zardari

Asif Ali Zardari is the 11th President of Pakistan. He is co-chairman of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party and the widower of Benazir Bhutto, who served two nonconsecutive terms as Prime Minister. A Sindhi from a landowning tribe of Baloch origin, Zardari rose to prominence af... Explore this topic

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Contempt of court

Contempt of court is a court order which in the context of a court trial or hearing, declares a person or organization to have disobeyed or been disrespectful of the court's authority. Often referred to simply as "contempt," such as a person "held in contempt," it is the judge... Explore this topic

Government of Pakistan

The Government of Pakistan, is a federal government established by the Constitution of Pakistan as a centralized governing authority of the four provinces of a proclaimed and established parliamentary democratic republic, constitutionally called the State of Pakistan. The orde... Explore this topic

Inter-Services Intelligence

The Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence, is the premier Intelligence service of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, operationally responsible for providing critical national security and intelligence assessment to the Government of Pakistan. The ISI is the largest of the... Explore this topic

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