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| Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is said to have offered to quit "if Parliament wants", as the civilian government's battle with the military and judiciary came to a head on Monday.
The offer to quit is said to have been made at a meeting with President Asif Ali Zardari and coalition partners hours after Pakistan's Supreme Court issued a contempt of court notice to Mr Gilani for not implementing its orders and asked him to personally appear in court on Thursday next, January 19. It also comes a short while before Pakistan's Parliament votes on pro-democracy resolution moved by the government.
The country's highest court is hearing a critical case on the issue of re-opening of graft charges against President Asif Ali Zardari.
Locked in combat with both the military and the judiciary, PM Gilani has positioned today's vote on a pro-democracy resolution not as a trust vote for his government, but as a "democracy versus dictatorship" vote. | |
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