Islamabad | 1 day ago
Stand up for the law, Pakistani daily tells speaker
Islamabad, May 16 - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's fate was dependent on Pakistan speaker Fehmida Mirza's course of action, said a daily Wednesday, exhorting her to stand up for the law and not for parochial loyalties.An editorial in the News International said the Supreme Court's detailed judgment in the contempt of court case against Gilani has opened the question of whether the premier's f ... read more

London | 4 days ago
Gilani vows to protect constitution
London, May 13 - Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said come what may he will protect the constitution, a report says.Come what may I will protect the constitution of Pakistan. I will go to the last limit and exhaust all my options and exercise my right to appeal, Gilani Saturday told a gathering of leaders and workers of Pakistan Peoples Party in London. He said his case was related ... read more

Islamabad | 5 days ago
No corruption case against me, says Gilani
Islamabad, May 12 - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said in London that there is no corruption case against him, it was reported here.Gilani Friday said there is no case of corruption against him and he is performing his role to uphold and protect the constitution, reported Associated Press of Pakistan. He said that if all institutions work within the constitution, then there will be no conf ... read more

New Delhi | 6 days ago
Air India moves Supreme Court as pilots strike rocks parliament
New Delhi, May 10 - Air India Thursday moved the Supreme Court to force the striking pilots back to work as their agitation dragged on for the third day affecting the carrier's operation and rocking both houses of parliament with members saying the protest action is destroying the national airline and sending wrong signals to the world outside.The airline filed a criminal contempt against the agit ... read more

New Delhi | 7 days ago
Nine pilots sacked, eight flights cancelled
New Delhi/Mumbai, May 10 - The pilots' agitation in Air India continued for the third day Thursday forcing the management to cancel eight more international flights, stop bookings on some major long-haul routes for the next five days and sack nine more pilots.'We had to cancel eight international flights from Delhi and Mumbai. Rest all international flights are operating per schedule,' a senior Ai ... read more

New Delhi | 14 days ago
Know where 'Lakshman Rekha' begins, SC tells media
New Delhi, May 2 - The Supreme Court Wednesday said media should know where the 'Lakshman Rekha' of reporting sub-judice matter begins while the Editors' Guild of India questioned the court's jurisdiction to frame guidelines for journalists.The apex court constitution bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice D.K. Jain, Justice S.S. Nijjar, Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai and Justice J.S. Khehar ... read more

Islamabad | 15 days ago
Gilani pays lawyer for service
Islamabad, May 1 - Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has sent a thank you letter to his lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan along with a token fee of Rs.100 for his priceless service.Ahsan, also a senator, represented Gilani in the contempt of court proceedings in the Supreme Court. Last Thursday, Gilani was convicted for contempt of court and received a 30-second symbolic sentence for refusing to write ... read more

Islamabad | 15 days ago
Pakistan court to hear Gilani contempt appeal
Islamabad, May 1 - A nine-member bench of the Pakistani Supreme Court will hear Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's appeal in the case in which he has been convicted for contempt of court.An additional and two ad-hoc judges will be included in the bench, Geo TV quoted Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry as saying Tuesday. Chaudhry added that under article 181 and 182 of the constitution addit ... read more

Islamabad | 20 days ago
Gilani's conviction: Pakistani dailies see more turmoil ahead
Islamabad, April 27 - More political turmoil lies ahead, Pakistani dailies said Friday as they debated the gaping chasm between the weight of public expectation and the letter of the law over Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's conviction for contempt of court.Pakistan's leading daily Dawn said Thursday was a sad day for Pakistan in that a serving prime minister blatantly defied a court because he ... read more

Islamabad | 21 days ago
Gilani convicted for contempt, opposition wants him out
Islamabad, April 26 - In fresh trouble for Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, the Supreme Court Thursday convicted him for contempt of court for refusing to reopen corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, prompting the opposition to demand his ouster.Gilani, 59, who is the first Pakistan prime minister to be held guilty for contempt, was given just a symbolic sentence of about ... read more