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Facing immense pressure from the Supreme Court to revive graft cases against Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday said the judiciary should let Parliament decide the Presidential immunity issue. HT Image In a reply submitted to the apex court over his indictment for co
stanley cup ntempt for failing to act on its orders to reopen corruption cases against Zardari in Switzerland, Gilani asked how the President of a sovereign country could be put at the mercy of a magistrate of a Western country Noting that the Supreme Court had referred cases regarding the procedure for appointing judges under the recent 18th Constitutional amendment to Parliament, he said in
stanley cup his 24-page reply that the issue of the immunity guaranteed to the President under the Constitution too should be referred to Parliament. Gilani s response was submitted by his legal team two days before a seven-judge bench headed by Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk resumes hearing the contempt of court case agains
stanley cup t the Premier. The same bench has set March 21 as the deadline for Gilani to approach Swiss authorities for reopening the graft cases against Zardari. The bench had on March 8 issued an order that directed Gilani to write to Swiss authorities on reviving the cases without waiting for advice from his experts. In his response, the Premier asked the bench to take back the March 8 order that was passed in his absence. The Supreme Court has been pushing the Pakistan People s Party-led government to re Viky 106 years old and still a virgin!
Two men were
stanley cup sentenced to death on Thursday by a local court in connection with the China tainted milk scandal in which about 296,000 infants suffered kidney stones and other urinary problems. HT Image Zhang Yujun, who produced and sold melamine-laced protein powder , was convicted of endangering public security and given capital punishment by the Shijiazhuang Intermediate People s Court, while the other man Geng Jinping was convicted of pr
adidas campus oducing and selling toxic food. The court had announced it would sentence 21 defendants implicated in the scandal on Thursday afternoon. However, it said that nine of them would be sentenced at other courts. The nine people were tried at the courts in Zhaoxian, Xingtang, Luquan and Wuji Counties, all under the jurisdiction of Shijiazhuang. Among the 12 people who were convicted on Thursday afternoon, two were given death penalty, one with suspended death, three jailed for life and the other six jailed between five years and 15 years. Tian Wenhua, former board chairwoman of the Sanlu Group that is at the heart of the scandal, was convicted of manufacturing and selling fake or substandard products and sentenced to life in pri
asics son. Three other former executives of Sanlu were jailed for 5-15 years. The Ministry of Health said it was likely the tainted milk scandal killed at least six babies. Another 296,000 infants suffered kidney stones and other urinary problems. Apart from the 21 defendants who have been sentenced or tried, Ch
