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This is an archive article published on March 12, 2012

Confused by SC ultimatum on graft,says Gilani

Yousuf Raza Gilani said he would act according to the Constitution

Confused and surprised by the apex court ultimatum to him to approach Swiss authorities for reopening graft cases against the president,Pakistan Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani Sunday said he would act according to the Constitution. He also asserted that the Parliament was the only authority that could decide on the question of presidential immunity.

Gilani,who has been given a March 21 ultimatum by the Supreme Court to write to Swiss authorities to revive the graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari,said he did not deserve to be charged with a contempt case and the matter should have been left to parliament to decide. Had we wanted to write the letter to Swiss authorities about reopening the cases against the President,we would have done it a long time ago. I will follow the Constitution of Pakistan as it gives immunity to the office of the President, Gilani said.

He said,Had I been the Chief Justice of Pakistan,I would have referred the matter of immunity to parliament. I am facing contempt of court. It would have been better if the court charged the parliament with contempt for granting immunity to the President.

Gilani said there were two cases before the Supreme Court which the media had mixed up. There are two cases that the media has mixed up. One is the case of contempt against me,for which my lawyer is Aitzaz Ahsan, the premier said. There is another case where I have no lawyer8230; Fine,I will not take anyones advice but I will act according to the Constitution, he said.

Suicide bomber kills 15 at funeral
Islamabad:
A senior Pakistani politician had a narrow escape as a suicide bomber targeted a funeral on the outskirts of Peshawar city in the countrys northwest on Sunday,killing 15 people and injuring 37 others,officials said. The bomber struck in Badabher area of Peshawar just after Khushdil Khan,Deputy Speaker of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province,left a cemetery after attending the funeral prayers for a local resident,police said.

 

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