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Pakistan president names loyalist for PM

Pakistan's president has nominated ruling party veteran and textiles minister Makhdoom Shahabuddin to replace the ousted prime minister, state media reported on Thursday, in an apparent bid for continuity ahead of elections due early next year.

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COURT DISQUALIFIES PAKISTAN PREMIER

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Tuesday declared Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani ineligible for office, plunging the country into another political crisis. In April, the Supreme Court found Gilani guilty of contempt of court for refusing

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Pakistan PM found guilty; escapes jail

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday found Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani guilty of contempt of court for refusing to reopen corruption cases against the president. But it gave him only a symbolic sentence of a few minutes' deten

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Pakistan PM charged with contempt of court

Pakistan's Supreme Court charged the embattled prime minister with contempt of court on Monday for his refusal to re-open old corruption cases against the head of his political party, President Asif Ali Zardari. If convicted, Prime Minist

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Pakistan PM faces top court contempt hearing

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday prepared to charge the prime minister with contempt of court for his failure to re-open corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, breaking an uneasy calm of political tension with the judiciary.

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Court adjourns contempt case against Gilani

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned a contempt hearing for Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani in a case that could push him from office and is adding to growing pressure on the unpopular civilian government.  Gilani was

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Pakistan PM ordered to appear before top court

Pakistan's Supreme Court issued a contempt notice to Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani on Monday, ordering him to appear before the court for failing to pursue long running corruption cases against the president and other officials. The mov

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Pakistan PM sacks defence secretary

Pakistan's prime minister has sacked the defence secretary, his office said on Wednesday, in a move likely to ratchet up tension with the powerful military and raise fears of instability in a country vital to efforts to bring peace to Afghanistan.

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Pakistan cabinet resigns as part of revamp plan

Pakistan's federal cabinet resigned on Wednesday to allow Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani to set up a new, smaller cabinet and reduce government expenditure, officials said. The country's opposition parties have long demanded that Gilani

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Zardari vows support for embattled PM

Pakistani President Asif Ali  Zardari threw his weight on Monday behind beleaguered Prime  Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani against any attempts to destabilise  his government after a key partner quit the ruling coalition.  &nbs

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