Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani was formally charged with contempt of court by the Supreme Court,even after that no devastating change has been noticed in the politics of the country.Gilani is even stitch on his post with no shame then this is the scenario of Pak politics there.
Most of the leaders there are involved in corruption.Asif Ali Zardari who has been called as the Mr. 10 percent has spent eleven years behind the bars on which the case had to run.
Amid tight security and persistent rain, the Prime Minister himself drove to the court minutes before he was to be charged, after his intra-court appeal against the contempt of court order was dismissed on Friday last. Jostled by lawyers, Mr. Gilani's security detail had a tough time escorting him to Court No. IV as he repeatedly turned around to wave to his supporters among lawyers. A number of federal ministers, governors of two provinces and members of the ruling coalition were in attendance.
Mr. Gilani spent a little over 30 minutes on the court premises before driving away. Leaders of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), which heads the ruling coalition, called it a “sad day in the history of Pakistan,” as for the first time an incumbent Prime Minister had been charged.
Though PPP workers have been obliquely questioning the courts, Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan maintained the official line. “We are hopeful of getting justice. The PPP has struggled for strengthening the judiciary and democratic institutions and will continue to do so.”
As for the Prime Minister challenging the court decision, she said: “That is his right.”
After the hearing, leaders of the parties that constitute the ruling coalition met at the Prime Minister's house and expressed solidarity with him.
In a related development indicative of the government's determination not to write to the Swiss authorities, President's spokesman Farhatullah Babar told reporters that Mr. Zardari enjoyed immunity and would continue to do so until necessary changes were made in the Constitution.
