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Thursday, 26 April 2012

Pakistani court sentences PM to a few minutes of detention for contempt

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is surrounded by security personnel as he arrives at the Supreme Court for a hearing, in Islamabad on Feb. 13, 2012. - Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is surrounded by security personnel as he arrives at the Supreme Court for a hearing, in Islamabad on Feb. 13, 2012. | Anjum Naveed/AP
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Pakistani court sentences PM to a few minutes of detention for contempt

ASIF SHAHZAD AND CHRIS BRUMMIT

ISLAMABAD— The Associated Press
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Pakistan’s Supreme Court convicted the prime minister of contempt on Thursday but gave him only a symbolic few minutes of detention inside the court, leaving him in power but weakened and facing fresh calls to resign.
The ruling against Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani sharpened political uncertainty and tensions between the government and the court that have effectively crippled an administration struggling to tackle enormous economic and security challenges.

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