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

Si Makhdoom Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani ay ang kasalukuyang Punong Ministro ng Pakistan. Iniharap siya ng Pakistan Peoples Party, na may pagtangkilik ng mga kapanalig na koalisyong Pakistan Muslim League, Awami National Party, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam at Muttahida Qaumi Movement noong... 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

巴基斯坦總理，烏爾都語為وزیر اعظم，意思是「總長」，是巴基斯坦的政府首腦。總理由國民大會選出，國民大會成員又是由人民投票選出的。一般，得票最多的政黨或聯盟的領導人成為總理。總理負責任命內閣。總統有權解除總理職務，並解散議會，以重新進行選舉。第十七憲法修正案規定，最高法院擁有複核的權利，並可以否決總統的決定。在巴基斯坦歷史上，總理辦公室曾經在三個時間段撤銷。1958年10月7日至1972年7月3日以及1977年7月5日至1985年3月24日這兩個期間，因為實行戒嚴令，總統擁有了總理的權利，成為了政府的首腦。1999年10月12日至2002... 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 takes place within 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 sta... 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

Pakistani Armed Forces

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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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