Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani (pictured) was judged to be in contempt of court on Thursday but will not serve a jail term, state media reported. The charges stem from his refusal to reopen a corruption probe against President Asif Ali Zardari.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (pictured) welcomed Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari for "fruitful" talks in Delhi on Sunday, the highest-level meeting between the rival nuclear powers in seven years.
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani could be removed from office and imprisoned if convicted on contempt charges laid Monday by Pakistan’s Supreme Court. The charges follow his refusal to reopen corruption probes against President Asif Ali Zardari.
The Pakistani political scene is once again a battleground. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has been in the Supreme Court to answer charges of contempt, while President Asif Ali Zardari cannot shake off accusations of corruption dating back to the 1990s. The head of state may be immune from prosecution but outside the turmoil, opposition figures are circling, waiting for their chance to pounce.
Issues of corruption and presidential immunity are plaguing Pakistan's civilian government, which is under pressure from both the military and the judiciary. President Sarkozy announces that France is suspending its military and training operations in Afghanistan following the fatal shooting of several French troops by an Afghan soldier. Finally, Indonesia takes drastic new action to stop dare-devils from hitching a free, if dangerous, train ride.
Pakistani former cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan led a massive anti-corruption rally in Karachi on Sunday, in a bid to galvanise his supporters and challenge President Asif Ali Zardari, whom he has accused of corruption.
The Pakistani ambassador to the US, Hussain Haqqani (pictured), resigned on Tuesday over allegations he wrote a memo asking the US to help stave off a prospective military coup. Haqqani is a key ally of President Zardari's civilian administration.
Osama bin Laden was unarmed when US special forces raided his Pakistan hideout and shot him, the White House revealed Tuesday, appearing to contradict earlier reports that the al Qaeda leader had taken part in a firefight.
President Asif Ali Zardari denied accusations Tuesday Pakistan harboured Osama bin Laden before he was killed during a US operation in a town just outside of the capital Islamabad, saying his country’s cooperation greatly contributed to the mission.
Pakistan was plunged into political crisis on Monday as the second-largest party in the fragile ruling coalition quit the government after abandoning crisis talks with the Pakistan People's Party of President Asif Ali Zardari (pictured).
