Speaker, National Assembly, Dr. Fehmida Mirza has still not taken a decision regarding the Prime ministers disqualification proceedings. Earlier the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday dismissed a petition against Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani seeking the court’s direction to evict him from office after his conviction by the Supreme Court. Both cited the wait for the detailed verdict from SC as the reason why it is premature to take action.
On April 26th, the SC found PM Gillani guilty of contempt of court for refusing to obey the Apex Court’s directions as Premier to reopen graft cases against the country’s President. While the sentence for such a case could have entailed imprisonment for up to six months, a sizeable fine and disbarment from politics for the period of five years, the SC referred to Article 63 (1) (g) as a mitigating factor and sentenced the PM to a symbolic pronouncement of 30 seconds in custody.
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