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PM Gilani ready to appear in SC again

Dunya News

Government respects judiciary, Prime Minister said.

Embattled Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Thursday said he will appear before Supreme Court after it summoned him to be indicted with contempt for failing to pursue corruption cases against the president.The court ordered Gilani to appear before it on February 13.I will appear in the supreme court. I have attended the court when summoned in the past and I will attend again now, Gilani told parliament.The Supreme Court is charging the prime minister with contempt for his failure to ask Swiss authorities to reopen an old corruption case against President Asif Ali Zardari dating back to the late 1990s.Gilani argues that Zardari is immune from prosecution as a serving president. He was conciliatory in his first appearance in an attempt to defuse the crisis.But today, PMGilani in his statement said he would refrain from making comments on the judiciary, adding that he firmly believed that every body should follow the constitution.
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