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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/04/world/asia/pakistan-contempt-law-rejected.html
August 3, 2012
Pakistan: Contempt Law Rejected
By SALMAN MASOOD [Pakistan] [AfPak] [hub of the al Qaeda and Taliban activity in AfPak] [and of al Qaeda globally] [use psci 355-455, 463] [under Obama administration, Bush’s policy of drones (sticks) and carrots( $) has increased] [Pakistan is really where U.S. interests converge: nukes, India-Pakistan, and GSAVE] [Pakistan’s high court rules, again, against the prosecution of Pakistan’s president on corruption charges] [his nickname from using his positions in the past to reward himself is Mr. 10%] [*]
The Supreme Court on Friday struck down a controversial law that the governing party had hoped would help fend off contempt charges against Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf. Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry called the law, which provided greater protection to the prime minister and other senior government officials against such charges, unconstitutional [*]and contrary to the independence of the judiciary. In June, the court ousted Yousaf Raza Gilani, then the prime minister, after he refused to support the reopening of a corruption investigation against President Asif Ali Zardari in Switzerland. The law struck down on Friday was introduced by the Pakistan Peoples Party in July to shield Mr. Gilani’s successor, Mr. Ashraf, from a similar fate. The court gave Mr. Ashraf until Wednesday to ask Swiss authorities to reopen the case against Mr. Zardari. He has given no indication that he plans to do so.[*]