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Gilani convicted: Imran Khan demands PM's resignation
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan said on Thursday that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani should immediately resign from his position after being convicted by the Supreme Court (SC), Geo News reported.Imran wrote on the microblogging website Twitter, “After SC judgement PM has lost whatever shred of legal & moral authority he had. He must resign immed & ECP must notify his 5 year disqual.”
Imran wrote that PTI will always stand by the law and SC. He said that his party will not accept any political defiance and ridicule of SC’s decisions.
The PTI leader also said the rule of law and independence of judiciary must be upheld.
The SC has ruled that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is guilty of contempt for refusing to obey an order to write to the authorities in Switzerland to ask them to re-open corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari.
Courtesy www.geo.tv