Pakistan PM wants graft case reopened
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November 8, 2012, Thursday
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PAKISTAN'S prime minister has asked Swiss authorities to reopen an old corruption case against President Asif Ali Zardari, succumbing to pressure from the country's increasingly powerful Supreme Court.
The court gave Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf until November 14 to submit the request, threatening to charge him with contempt of court or face disqualification if he did not comply.
The case has fueled tensions in a long-running standoff between the government and the judiciary. Ashraf's predecessor, Yusuf Raza Gilani, was declared in contempt of court in June over the same issue and disqualified from holding the PM post.
If Ashraf is disqualified, the ruling Pakistan People's Party can simply nominate a new prime minister since it has a comfortable majority in parliament.
Thousands of corruption cases were thrown out in 2007 by an amnesty law passed under former military president Pervez Musharraf.
The court gave Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf until November 14 to submit the request, threatening to charge him with contempt of court or face disqualification if he did not comply.
The case has fueled tensions in a long-running standoff between the government and the judiciary. Ashraf's predecessor, Yusuf Raza Gilani, was declared in contempt of court in June over the same issue and disqualified from holding the PM post.
If Ashraf is disqualified, the ruling Pakistan People's Party can simply nominate a new prime minister since it has a comfortable majority in parliament.
Thousands of corruption cases were thrown out in 2007 by an amnesty law passed under former military president Pervez Musharraf.
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