Pakistan Court to Charge Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani With Contempt

International Herald Tribune Thursday 2nd February, 2012

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan's highest court said on Thursday it would charge Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani with contempt of court for refusing to reopen a corruption case against his boss, President Asif Ali Zardari.

The Supreme Court said it would start the contempt trial on Feb. 13. If convicted, Mr Gilani would face up to six months in jail and possible disqualification from public office.

The court order was a significant escalation of long-simmering tensions between the judiciary and the government and threatened to plunge the country into fresh political turmoil as its leaders debate the contours of a new strategic relationship with the United States.

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