Cabinet backs indicted PM

Published February 14, 2012

PM Gilani chairing a cabinet meeting in Islalmabad.—File photo

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Tuesday expressed “full confidence” in Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani as he prepares to go on trial for contempt of court, which could cost him his job.

“The cabinet unanimously applauded the conduct of the prime minister in the Supreme Court and reposed full confidence in his leadership,” his office said in a statement.

Gilani thanked the cabinet and said he was premier “due to the support of members of parliament, his cabinet colleagues and of the coalition partners”.

The prime minister was on Monday charged with contempt by the Supreme Court for refusing to re-open corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari.

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