Pakistan PM convicted of contempt
<p><span word="Pakistan">Pakistan</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Supreme">Supreme</span> <span word="Court">Court</span> <span word="convicted">convicted</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="prime">prime</span> <span word="minister">minister</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="contempt">contempt</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="gave">gave</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="symbolic">symbolic</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="minutes">minutes</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="detention">detention</span> <span word="inside">inside</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="court">court</span>, <span word="leaving">leaving</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="premier">premier</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="weakened">weakened</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="facing">facing</span> <span word="fresh">fresh</span> <span word="calls">calls</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="resign">resign</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="ruling">ruling</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="Prime">Prime</span> <span word="Minister">Minister</span> <span word="Yousuf">Yousuf</span> <span word="Raza">Raza</span> <span word="Gilani">Gilani</span> <span word="sharpened">sharpened</span> <span word="political">political</span> <span word="uncertainty">uncertainty</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="tensions">tensions</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="court">court</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="effectively">effectively</span> <span word="crippled">crippled</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="administration">administration</span> <span word="struggling">struggling</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="tackle">tackle</span> <span word="enormous">enormous</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="security">security</span> <span word="challenges">challenges</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="court">court</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="sentence">sentence</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="prime">prime</span> <span word="minister">minister</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="prison">prison</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="order">order</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="immediate">immediate</span> <span word="dismissal">dismissal</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="office">office</span>.</p><p><span word="It">It</span> <span word="chose">chose</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="to">to</span>, <span word="delivering">delivering</span> <span word="instead">instead</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="symbolic">symbolic</span> <span word="punishment">punishment</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="basis">basis</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="push">push</span> <span word="Gilani">Gilani</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="months">months</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="come">come</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="parliamentary">parliamentary</span> <span word="speaker">speaker</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="election">election</span> <span word="commission">commission</span> <span word="must">must</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="decide">decide</span> <span word="whether">whether</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="conviction">conviction</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="reason">reason</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="dismiss">dismiss</span> <span word="Gilani">Gilani</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lawmaker">lawmaker</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="hence">hence</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="prime">prime</span> <span word="minister">minister</span>.</p><p><span word="This">This</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="months">months</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="contested">contested</span> <span word="legally">legally</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="step">step</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="way">way</span>, <span word="meaning">meaning</span> <span word="Gilani">Gilani</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="remain">remain</span> <span word="prime">prime</span> <span word="minister">minister</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="elections">elections</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="next">next</span>. <span word="That">That</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="taken">taken</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="achievement">achievement</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="itself">itself</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="history">history</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="repeated">repeated</span> <span word="coups">coups</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="judicial">judicial</span> <span word="machinations">machinations</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="elected">elected</span> <span word="governments">governments</span>.</p><p><span word="Gilani">Gilani</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="resignation">resignation</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="question">question</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Information">Information</span> <span word="Minister">Minister</span> <span word="Qamar">Qamar</span> <span word="Zaman">Zaman</span> <span word="Kaira">Kaira</span>. "<span word="The">The</span> <span word="prime">prime</span> <span word="minister">minister</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="convicted">convicted</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="moral">moral</span> <span word="crime">crime</span>. <span word="No">No</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="needs">needs</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="give">give</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lesson">lesson</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="morality">morality</span>."</p>
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