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Verdict out: SC convicts Gilani of contempt
Firdous Ashiq Awan says verdict will be appealed in the court and that a petition will be filed for it.
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani (C) is escorted by security as he waves upon his arrival at the Supreme Court building in Islamabad on April 26, 2012. PHOTO: AFP
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan convicted Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Thursday during the announcement of a verdict in the contempt proceedings against him and sentenced him till the rising of court, Express News reported.
The bench found Gilani guilty of contempt of court for refusing to reopen corruption cases against the president, but gave him only a symbolic sentence of a few minutes’ detention in the courtroom, while he did not receive any jail term.
“For reasons to be recorded later, the prime minister is found guilty of contempt for wilfully flouting the direction of the Supreme Court,” said Justice Nasirul Mulk.
A seven-member bench, headed by Justice Nasirul Mulk announced the verdict and convicted him for violating Contempt of Court Ordinance 2003 section 5 and the charges framed against him were for willfully disobeying the court’s orders and ridiculing it.
The court cited article 63 (1) (g) of the Constitution and observed that the premier might face consequences under it.
The judicial bench exited the courtroom as soon as the verdict was announced.
The Article 63 (1) (g) of the Constitution says:
63. Disqualifications for membership of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament).
(1) A person shall be disqualified from being elected or chosen as, and from being, a member of the Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament), if:-(g) he is propagating any opinion, or acting in any manner, prejudicial to the Ideology of Pakistan, or the sovereignty, integrity or security of Pakistan, or morality, or the maintenance of public order, or the integrity or independence of the judiciary of Pakistan, or which defames or brings into ridicule the judiciary or the Armed Forces of Pakistan.
The premier was charged with contempt by the apex court in February for refusing to write to the Swiss authorities to ask them to reopen graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari.
Minister for National Regulation & Services Firdous Ashiq Awan said that a special cabinet meeting will be convened which will be chaired by Gilani and President Zardari will also attend the meeting, who arrived in Islamabad on Wednesday night.
The session will be attended by chief ministers and governors of all provinces except Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif.
Awan also said that the verdict will be appealed in the court and that a petition will be filed for it.
“This is a historic day. The court has declared a lawmaker a lawbreaker. This is weakening democracy in Pakistan.”
Earlier, with rose petals being showered at him, Gilani was escorted by the members of cabinet to the Supreme Court.
Gilani was accompanied by his son Abdul Qadir Gilani, Interior Minister Rehman Malik and other members of the cabinet.
The prime minister has appeared twice before in court and has maintained his innocence throughout, saying he had done nothing against the rules of business. Aitzaz, meanwhile, had argued that the bench was not eligible to hear the case as it had taken the notice itself.
During the hearing, two following two orders were announced:
First order
For the reasons to be recorded later, the accused Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, Prime Minister of Pakistan/Chief Executive of the federation, is found guilty of and convicted for contempt of court, under Article 204 (2) of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, read with Section 3 of the Contempt of Court Ordinance (Ordinance 5 of 2003) for wilful flouting, disregard and disobedience of this court’s direction contained in paragraph number 178 of the judgment delivered in the case of Dr Mubashir Hasan versus the Federation of Pakistan (PLD 2010 SC 265). After our satisfaction that the contempt committed by him is substantially detrimental to the administration of justice and tends to bring this court and the judiciary of this country into ridicule.
Second order
As regards the sentence to be passed against the convict, we note that the findings and the conviction for contempt of court recorded above are likely to entail some serious consequences in terms of Article 63 (1) (g) of the Constitution which may be treated as mitigating factors towards the sentence to be passed against him. He is, therefore, punished under Article 5 of the contempt of court ordinance (ordinance 5 of 2003) with imprisonment till the rising of the court today.
Former law minister Babar Awan said that according to sub-article 3 to Article 63 of the Constitution, the speaker and chairman of Senate can decide whether the premier will be disqualified or not.
Speaking on the premises of the Supreme Court, he corrected the media reports which were claiming that if the speaker and chairman senate do not take a decision in 30 days, the case will automatically go to the Election Commission of Pakistan, which Awan said was wrong.
He said that the case will only go to ECP if the speaker and chairman senate say that they will not take the decision in this regard.
Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that the premier was convicted for violating Article 63 (1) (g) and that he will be disqualified from taking part in elections for five years.
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Time to play the role of the victim.Remind people of any and all deaths in the family, resort to ethnic and emotional blackmail to gain sympathy for yourself.
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I pray he gets what he deserves along with his entourage.
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Let’s put all responsibility on the establishment, let’s blame everything we did wrong on one province to hide our own misdeeds.
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Great Verdict!! Justice prevailed!!
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Good news! Now, corrupt Gilani should be sentenced for imprisonment and he should be ban from participating in elections for next 5 years.
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This govt. has looted the country and is now using ethnic bias as an excuse to hide their criminal activities. This victimhood complex of telling the public that we have been wronged won’t fool anyone, the pakistani people have suffered enough, no more of this victimhood propaganda.
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Now the media people will start personal attacks on the judiciary. The ppp apologists are already repeating their old persecution complex propaganda. Do as much corruption as you want and then when caught, say we are the ones who have been done wrong,play the sindh card and try to divert attention away from the financial mismanagement.
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wow….what a verdict…i wonder how gillani survived these this tough sentence of a few seconds…
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A blot once again in the history of Pakistan judicial history.
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This was bound to happen. Enough is Enough! Justice has been done!
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Congratulations
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Makhdoom Amin Faheem will be the interim Prime Minister until a caretaker government is announced in December this year.
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May God protect Pakistan from dynasties..
We need to respects and protect democratic values, and not the individuals..
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What a decision? Corruption of billion of rupees and punishment for few seconds. This is Pakistan where law for the rich and the poor and different.
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What a joke! Punishment for only 30 seconds for looting billions of rupees. The criminals who steal mobile phones are given longer punishment. What was this! The pressure and negative propaganda done by the media against supreme court seems to have worked, the ppp managed to pressurise the judiciary into giving a verdict which they liked.
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Good news. Lets see how PPP govt reacts now.
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Announcing the sentence, the judicial bench disqualified Gilani for five years from taking part in elections for five years.
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or punishment till rising the court…just few seconds….m confused :S
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Time for the president to use his constitutional powers now that the SC has used their’s.
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Any self respecting PM would have resigned months ago out of sheer humiliation and shame, then again you can’t lose any respect when you have none. He is the most corrupt PM in our history
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Convicted under Article 63 (g) which disqualifies him as member of parliament. So He is no more Prime minister?
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time to announce elections!
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A punishment for only half a minute. I give my children longer punishment than this. The blackmailing of the judiciary by the ppp’s people in the media has worked. The poor supreme court was put under too much pressure to give a verdict in favour of the ppp.
So,in our country you can get away with your crimes if the media portrays you as the victim.
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Well Done SC…Well done!!
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As you sow, so shall you reap.
A well deserved conviction. Lesson by the Judiciary: “Nobody is above the law, whether its a PM or a Peon”.Recommend
what is this ?????????????????
Corruption need to remove from the roots, he must be punished in public…..
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So now we have a new PM who also wont write the letter to swiss authorities…… and the game of thrones will continue…..
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Truth Prevails!
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I bet they could never do this to a General.
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Whoa! Does this mean he is disqualified and should immediately quit? Or can he continue?
Why does Pakistani institutions are so callous? Why make a huge spectacle of a simple matter?
Writing to Swiss authorities on court order, won’t be the end of the world.
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A very appropriate verdict by the learned judges. Now the Government can’t say that they were wronged by the court and thus try to work it into their advantage. For any self-esteemed politician, the verdict is a slap on the face, but not for this Government, who do no know about integrity, honour and ethics.
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Disappointed! Dear CJ, Please detain other criminals for few minutes too. Yes, Life is that simple!
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Time to change faces
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“sentenced him till the rising of court.” And “gave him only a symbolic sentence of a few minutes’ detention in the courtroom.”
Thank you Supreme Court, for sharing with us mere mortals the joke of the century!
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We always get what we deserve. Can i Call this the karma train!
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This is very Reasonable decision by the SC that PM has found guilty and they realised PM for his guilty. The days, months is not matter, the fact is that he should realized his guilty.
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Hats off for SC.
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What a joke of a verdict.
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is this a joke?
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Cpongrtulations Pakistan! Now we have a convict as our prime minister.
In civilised societies a convict finds it difficult to get any small job even but in our country a convict can get the biggest job and be responsible for billions of rupees of the public.
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is this a joke??
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What an order, thats it few minutes, just because he is PM. And if some one else does it then he will get 6 months….what a mockery of the judicial system.
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As you sow, so shall you reap.
A well deserved conviction. Lesson by the Judiciary: “Nobody is above the law, whether its a PM or a Peon“.
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The SC has very conveniently thrown the ball in the media’s court. Interesting to see how the media will act.
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Lol all Topi Drama by Judicary and the Government and the Opposition….
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Shame on judiciary for the verdict against elected PM of Pakistan and releasing Hafiz Said and Malik Ishaq.
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Get ready for the PPP rhetoric and whining for another Great Qurbaani for Democracy in coming days. PPP will exploit this situation to the fullest and get ready for hate filled comments of PPP in coming days and I hope PPP will act in a sensible manner and will not transform it into a hatred of one region agenda thing as they are doing now a days.
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Behold- an “independent judiciary”! How farcical.
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No wonder why we are victims of air crashes, glaciers, floods and terrorism. In a society where justice is done with poor and premiers are given “few minutes detention”, its hard to breath in.
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What a Joke!
Corruption Continues….
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Is it a joke? which type of punishment it is? Now, what is the credibility of court?
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What is this?
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How lucky were those who were responsible for 1971 genocide in East Pakistan! They didn’t have have to go even one second of punishment compared to 30 seconds given to the civilian Prime Minister.
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If Gilani was found guilty of “ridiculing the court, my question is what is the punishment for the Justices of the Court for ridiculing Pakistan, its Constitution, and its very people with this farce of a trial that has wasted countless hours and Millions of Rupees only to come up with a “symbolic” sentence. The needs of this country are beyond symbolic gestures, we need real action. This court of all people should be aware of that, So my request to you you Honorable Justices, Prime Minister, Mr. President and members of Parliament, if your not going to do something meaningful and thought out, take the day off.
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shame on u gillani, just quit
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The Prime Minister is required by oath to protect Pakistan’s constitution and Article 248 (2) of the Constitution states that the President “shall not be subject to any criminal proceedings whatsoever.” Gilani has a positive defense for his contempt charge, claiming that following the Courts instructions in writing the letter to the Swiss would violate his oath of office.The court can convict him and president should pardon him. The cat and mouse continues. There are no other imp cases to attend to!
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What is the root cause of this shameful situation?
NRO
Who is responsible for NRO?
Who else could play with the fate of Pakistan?
Pakistan establishment or deep state who engineered the NRO.
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That is one clever decision, sentence given and completed, now PM can’t even get pardon from president because he has already completed his sentence… hahahaahahaah
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SC and the country are the winners. The corrupt must be answerable to the court. I hope this prevails.
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PM Gilani has behaved much better and with more dignity than the Nawaz-Shahbaz duo who physically attacked the Supreme Court, ransacked it, and chased away the then Chief Justice Sajjad Ali Shah.Recommend
No surprises!!
The Judges’ Union had pre-trial decision, and the proceedings were just to formalize the proceedings. But one thing is very clear. All 105 PPP-MNAs will have to be disqualified before a letter is written.
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he has appeared twice in the court despite and the constitution clearly states that he is no longer qualified…he is being showered with rose petals instead and waving his hand as if he was on some red carpet. the apathetic nature of this misogynistic nation!!
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“…few minutes’ detention” ??
All this drama from this? A free judiciary’s verdict might not have been this. After 65 years it is back to square one. The most important pillar of democracy has crumbled under pressure.
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After this stupid verdict from supreme court of Pakistan, i must congratulate Gilani for his determination and standing infront of the court with out any issues.He went to the court when ever he was asked ….good job Gilani and very bad job Mr Justice….
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Socialism for the rich, and Capitalism for the poor .. ;-)
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Good decision by judiciary!!
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@Tehreek-e-Insaf FATA:
Correction:
Nobody (excluding serving or former members of armed forces and agencies) is above the law whether it is a PM or Peon in Pakistan
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the supreme court seem to be under extreme pressure.
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It’s a great news indeed…
Supreme Court rules…
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The verdict maybe of just 30 seconds. But declaring him guilty makes him ineligible for contesting in elections in the future. Which was i guess the primary purpose of the whole proceedings.
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just face saving, nothing elese
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Well PM is convicted under section 5 of the contempt act not what ET says. At least to my knowledge. ET must lookt into the matter for correction
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punishment is punishment , even if it is for fraction of a second.He has been punished ; and , thus, he stands automaticcaly disqualified u/a 63(1) g of the constitution.
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Another first for Pakistan…… first convicted PM heads the cabinet! How many times do you see rose petals being showered on a convict…???
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PM looking very happy on convection, Waaaaaah Raaaaaaaaaaa
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Keep in mind the punishment of 30 sec was for the guilty verdict of contempt of court only. It was not for any other case like ppl are referring to here that he was only punished for 30 secs for looting billions of dollars. that’s a whole new case.
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It’s good that they only gave him a symbolic punishment (and if I’m reading this correctly, disqualified him from being Prime Minister?) since sending him to jail would have turned him into a political martyr, and God knows we don’t want to see his face in the PM House again.
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Judges were on the warpath against PPP from day one…that was predicted…!
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The contempt of court was widely expected. The contempt of court though does not automatically result in being disqualified from the Parliament. For that the judges also needed to state that Gilani was also guilty of ridiculing the judiciary. It is quite unclear that he did so. In other words not following orders was a clear case of contempt butridicule is something else i.e. similar to what Babar Awan did.
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@ashok:
Yes, the party responsible for the genocide is in power even today. They are experts in exploiting graves of their past leaders to continue to emotionally blackmail the pakistani people.
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Ha Ha Ha…. a joke that all sane people well anticipated. Where in the world do they give “Symbolic” sentence….. Symbolic SC, Symbolic PM…….so on and so forth, and with all this, soon there will be a Symbolic Pakistan and our upcoming generations will be looking and searching for a Real one.
May Allah have mercy on all of us, but frankly speaking right now all of this and alot more is calling for His wrath.
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30 second imprisonment? Nazerya-a-zarorat can not die.
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if thats the verdict against corruption of BILLIONS than those who steal cellphones should be set free..
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@ Ashok
yes, the party responsible for 1971 is still in power today. They have become experts in exploiting the deaths of their past leaders to emotionally blackmail the people of pakistan today. They gather votes by exploiting the deaths of their past leaders,a very tragic and disturbing strategy.Recommend
waseem akhter did every thing right on 12 may
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@Shaheer Malik: “Corruption of billion of rupees and punishment for few seconds”
He wasn’t punished for corruption but rather for contempt of court. You do realize that besides the few seconds which is a token punishment, he is also being disqualified from the Parliament and will thus lose his Prime Ministership?
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Many countries refuse visa to a convicted felon. He did spend 30 seconds (till the rising of the court) as punishment ordered by the supreme court.
It will be very shameful if China or Saudi Arab or any country refuse visa for Gilani.
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oops. i am not.
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Thanks a lot that this the high voltage useless and in vain drama/film between the judiciary and the government has been ended now through which the whole nation has been deceived and fooled from a very long long time by the government and the Supreme Court.
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This decision shows the internal guilt and lack of confidence of the judges. How come you convict one person and not punish him as per law. They have just followed their ego and justice now is a forgone conclusion now in Pakistan.
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this is funny
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Noora Kushti comes to an end.. After everybody, it’s now Judiciary’s turn to make Pakistan a laughing stock…
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Was he convicted under section 5 only, not under section 61(3)g?
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Powerful cannot be punished in Pakistan by this judiciary!! End of story!!
This “Injustice system” is the root of all problems in our country!!
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I fail to understand that in first place how come courts desire that PM should write a letter of investigation against the President who holds immunity within the laws upheld in the courts.
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My dear fellows this is actually a move by the honorable court to encourage all the big criminals like Mr. 110% and Pervez Musharaf etc to come fwd accept their crime, serve their sentence, which would accumulate to maximum 30 mins to a few hours, for both of them and then resume to their normal life..
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another landmark decision by SC
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A few seconds? What is this? What a farce! The Supreme Court have made a mockery of itself and the constitution! Now no one will go out and protest if another dictator at another time overthrows the court! The judges have only themselves to blame.
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Will an ordinary person get the same punishment if he does the contempt of court?? It seems that justice isn’t blind in Pakistan.
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This is very unfortunate.judgement.The supreme court of Pakistan is becoming a political party.
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The smile on Gilani’s face shows he feels proud of his crime and punishment.
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@Ahsan Nasir… Remember Qadri?
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what gillani got punishment ??? he is free to move, NO FINE ???
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What a joke in my country …The one who looted the country is showered with flowers.
Few min punishment for a corrupt person…this is just mad and making the nation fool.
I just hope in the next election the people chose their leader wisely and not the ones you have already tested.
Allah Pakistan ko Bachaye in Choroo se.
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This is the level of punishment for prime minister
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Don’t know if this decision will benefit people or so-called democracy but if PPP completes its tenure, we will have learnt at least half of the constitution.
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I wish I had chance to loot billions from Nation’s money, then I am ready to take this punishment of 30sec. I am also citizen of Pakistan same as PM and President.
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All POWER Game
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A disappointing conviction. No handcuffs? Wonder who will get the decision implemented? Where is PTI only seeing PMLN on tele!
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What a joke with the nation !
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Appreciate the decision of SC. PM now resign and do not take refuge of appeal of Speaker/Election Commission process. You have already been spared by the court by not acoording you six month sentence.
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i am disappointed to hear that he didnt receive any jail term.
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Our supreme court is a Drama. Creat suspense and let the culprit go is the policy of SC.
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What will be SC next move?? Letter will still not be written. The SC judges have only satisfied their egos with this unconstitutional and hasty verdict. Because of the position Asif Zardari holds, it’s not a straightforward matter to write letters to foreign govts regarding his misdemeanors. The supreme court should have first clearly interpreted the immunity clause and then directed the govt to implement it.
In all the judges are playing to the media gallery whilst politicians revel in corruption. The only true solution is early elections, and sensible public voting.
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One of the darkest day again….. The vicious cycle of self-inflicted constitutional insults continue……
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Well 30 seconds for the premiere, 5 minutes for Babar Awan and proprotionately 100 years for a common citizen of Pakistan, so all Pakistanis, Behold, never contempt Supreme Court.
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SC is trying to be more pious than the Pope. If he is convicted, throw him out. There can be no ifs and buts. Dissapointing.
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What about the corps commanders who violated Supreme Court orders during 2007 emergency? No contempt of court notice for them?
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A foul deed has been done ,
congradulations to the third most corrupt institution ,the judiciary,in Pakistan
How many judges have been convicted so for by this supreme court??
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What a shameful face Gilani showing to nation? We made him our custodian he become rubber.
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saza yafta hona is the matter of pride for these so called wannabe politicians.
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Convection of prime minister is symbolic but can lead a process of disqualification. At practical it may not affect any situation as it is quite clear that government of Pakistan is not ready to write a latter to Switzerland for reopening the case against president and the process of disqualification may takes too long time by delaying techniques till the time of next election may arrive as the new elections are planed just after few months at the end of this year.
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Where the Morality Ends,…..The only name in mind comes??
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30 seconds of punishment………what a joke
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just a message for those who are blaming court for the ruling, you guys don’t understand how it works… and i think i will be wasting my time if i try to explain. I feel hopeless and helpless…
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@ashok:
the president is a also a ex-convict who served a sentence of 12 long years in the prison. Pakistanis are very proud of him.
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What kind of panishment is this…… its a total discrimination.. just 30 seconds and now he is free!!! Is it the punishment for disobeying court orders!!!!
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perhaps he shouldnt have smiled sooo widely – gives the whole game away doesnt it ??
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I strongly propose a fund: PRIME MINISTER’S FUND FOR PURCHASING SELF-RESPECT.
It’s worth a shot, I think. All other efforts will prove futile unless he, and they, can somehow get even a fraction of an ounce of self-respect.
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Will the Judiciary give same type of verdict to Musharraf as well?
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1.The Current President Zardari spent 7 years in Jail for corruption charges!
2.The Ex-president Musharaf is hiding in London on murder charges of Benazir Butto and a Baloch leader!
3.Ex-Prime minister Nawaz sharif is a coward asking his army for unilateral withdrawal from Siachen!
4.One of the Coalition Party’s leader and RAW agent Altaf Hussain is hiding in London and doing all kinds of violence in karachi!
5.Future of Pakistan Imran Khan (?) is dreaming of to become Prime Minister boycotting elections and no support in the country except KPK area!
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Justice in Pakistan is SOLD to the highest Bidder
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The punishment is just symbolic and a very good decision by the judiciary. If they would have punished him with a jail sentence the ppp would have instantly become a martyr and innocent. This judgement has shown the world their true faces, yet throwing the ball in their courts to see what they do with it. Excellent decision as this will continue the current corrupt regime for the last final few months before they can be thrashed properly in the elections..
The issue with democracy is Pakistan has been that it has always been derailed after a few years, and hence despite all the tall claims of corruption and mis governance these parties return to the people as victors and victims of unfair play .. I hope the people realise this and cast their votes sensibly.
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What a joke… at the end of the day Judiciary, Politician and Armed Forces all are corrupt
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@John:
Imran Khan has already said he wont accept Gillani as PM now
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A well negotiated decision. Gives the court some face saving and the PPP government time. Good thing our judges are politician otherwise the court would have decided the case on merit.
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Punishment for 30 seconds. What a load of bullocks… any criminal would love this verdict and court ruling…Shame on Judiciary , people were hoping for you to do alot better than this.
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Wasted millions of rupees on this case and the security of CRIME MINISTER (THRICE) and then this joke??? Punishment of only 30 secs???? Had an ordinary person done this contempt, he would have got the maximum i.e. 6 months jail.
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Good decision and thoughtful judgment. Justice is done and we have a sentenced PM now.
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Justice may have been done but now comes the hard part and that is, it has to be seen by the public that justice has indeed been done.
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@Shaheer Malik:
it was not a corruption case
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Good decision but cry in the wilderness.
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WWF entertainment at it’s best . . . WOW..!!!
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since 14th feb the court kept itself occupied on the issue, along with few others of more or less same kind. God knows how many cases of ultra importance that required ultra urgency to be settled were neglected due to this ..
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Shame on the judiciary……… where shuolf the people of Pakistan look at for the justice…….. pathetic decision……….
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so from now onwards,
premiere authorities can disobey orders of apex court
because you would be awarded
1) 2 minutes conviction (so called sentence cum silence)
2) and then some slogans from cabinet members to break the ice!
total nuts!! can’t understand what that so called independent bench was thinking while announcing this punishment!
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Biased decision, a political judiciary ordering prime minster to violate constitution and later convicting him for not violating the constitution. Shame
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the punishment for such type of crimnal should minimum 15 year in jail and whole property should be taken by the govt,and bank account should used for poor people only.
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no matter 1 minute or 5 year conviction is imposed and if conviction is imposed then no longer prime minister an no longer mna
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Good work, first time SC made a reasonable decision.
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Smart move by the Judges!
Punishment given without giving the chance to gain political mileage.
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