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Pakistani Prime Minister Charged with Contempt
13 February 2012
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Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has been charged with contempt by the country’s Supreme Court.
Mr Gilani is accused of failing to re-open corruption proceedings aganst the President Asif Ali Zadari, who’s accused of using Swiss bank accounts to launder bribes in the 1990s.
It’s the latest move in the increasingly tense standoff between Pakistan’s judiciary and the governing Pakistan People’s Party.
On Friday the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal against the charges by Mr Gilani.
Tracee Hutchison spoke to the Australia Network’s India correspondent, Richard Lindell.
Presenter: Tracee Hutchison
Speaker: Richard Lindell, the Australia Network’s India correspondent
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