Gilani's journey: From conviction to disqualification

Published June 19, 2012
June 16 - Allies of the PPP-led government advise the government to exercise restraint against the judiciary and to avoid a confrontational stand. The Supreme Court is at this time, getting ready to take a decision on the petitions filed against the National Assembly speaker's ruling on Gilani's disqualification. Pictured: Babar Ghouri of the MQM
June 16 - Allies of the PPP-led government advise the government to exercise restraint against the judiciary and to avoid a confrontational stand. The Supreme Court is at this time, getting ready to take a decision on the petitions filed against the National Assembly speaker's ruling on Gilani's disqualification. Pictured: Babar Ghouri of the MQM
June 19 ? Gilani is disqualified as the prime minister by the Supreme Court. The SC rules that the Speaker National Assembly Fehmida Mirza's ruling is void.
 
?Yousuf Raza Gilani has become disqualified from being member of the parliament,? said Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, reading the order.
June 19 ? Gilani is disqualified as the prime minister by the Supreme Court. The SC rules that the Speaker National Assembly Fehmida Mirza's ruling is void. ?Yousuf Raza Gilani has become disqualified from being member of the parliament,? said Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, reading the order.
April 26 - Supreme Court convicts the prime minister of contempt of court and he is found guilty. His sentencing lasts less than a minute, the conviction leaves confusion as to whether the Speaker of the National Assembly is to send a disqualification request to the Election Commission of Pakistan under Article 63(2) or if it is an automatic disqualification.
April 26 - Supreme Court convicts the prime minister of contempt of court and he is found guilty. His sentencing lasts less than a minute, the conviction leaves confusion as to whether the Speaker of the National Assembly is to send a disqualification request to the Election Commission of Pakistan under Article 63(2) or if it is an automatic disqualification.
A view of the National Assembly. ? File Photo by APP
A view of the National Assembly. ? File Photo by APP
May 23 ? The Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr Fehmida Mirza saves the prime minister from disqualification by rejecting the reference filed by a lawyer with the NA on May 18, stating ?the petition of Moulvi Iqbal Haider is without any merit.?
 
The speaker also adds ?I am of the view that the charges against Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani do not give grounds for a disqualification under paragraph (g) or (h) of the Constitution's Article 63. And the Supreme Court has not framed any charge claiming the propagation of
May 23 ? The Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr Fehmida Mirza saves the prime minister from disqualification by rejecting the reference filed by a lawyer with the NA on May 18, stating ?the petition of Moulvi Iqbal Haider is without any merit.? The speaker also adds ?I am of the view that the charges against Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani do not give grounds for a disqualification under paragraph (g) or (h) of the Constitution's Article 63. And the Supreme Court has not framed any charge claiming the propagation of
May 25 ? A petition, the first of its kind in Pakistan's parliamentary history, is filed in the Supreme Court by the PML-N and PTI who want Gilani disqualified.
 
The petition is historic as it is the first time a ruling National Assembly speaker has come under attack in the Supreme Court.
 
The petitioners, PML-N member Khawaja Muhammad Asif and Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan claim that ?Article 184(3) of the Constitution had been breached by her ruling. The article ensures that the Supreme Co
May 25 ? A petition, the first of its kind in Pakistan's parliamentary history, is filed in the Supreme Court by the PML-N and PTI who want Gilani disqualified. The petition is historic as it is the first time a ruling National Assembly speaker has come under attack in the Supreme Court. The petitioners, PML-N member Khawaja Muhammad Asif and Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan claim that ?Article 184(3) of the Constitution had been breached by her ruling. The article ensures that the Supreme Co
June 13 - The PPP-led government passes the budget, giving Gilani ?politico-legal? aromour against the opposition, who shout slogans of ?Go, go, go? against Gilani as the budget is passed. It is seen as vote of confidence for the prime minister's coalition until the end of its term. 
Pictured: Finance Minister Hafiz Sheikh
June 13 - The PPP-led government passes the budget, giving Gilani ?politico-legal? aromour against the opposition, who shout slogans of ?Go, go, go? against Gilani as the budget is passed. It is seen as vote of confidence for the prime minister's coalition until the end of its term. Pictured: Finance Minister Hafiz Sheikh

Yousuf Raza Gilani Pakistan's longest serving prime minister is disqualified by SC. Dawn.com takes a look at the events after the April 26 conviction to Gilani's disqualification today.

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