Supreme Court of Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani condemned for contempt of Justice for a symbolic, immediate arrest. He had thwarted investigations against President Asif Ali Zardari. it was the lowest penalty that could be imposed: Pakistan's Supreme Court sentenced on Thursday Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani for "contempt of court" for a symbolic, immediate arrest - he was with the continuation of the process less than a minute settled later . Had threatened up to six months imprisonment. The background is the refusal of the Prime Minister to follow an order of the court and Switzerland to request the resumption of corruption investigations against President Asif Ali Zardari. This was not because of the immunity of heads of state possible, Gilani had argued.The consequences of the judgment are not clear, especially since the court has set out on new legal territory. Some commentators said that Gilani would lose his position as prime minister because he had acted against the "integrity and independence of the judiciary," as stated in the Constitution. Likely that Gilani is strengthened resulting from the confrontation. He can not be intimidated by the judges and defended his position. He recognized her bluff, which is ultimately supported by the purely symbolic punishment. The guilty verdict was the culmination of a power struggle between the institutions. The confrontation between the government and the judiciary has opened in 2009, the Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, as he had picked up an amnesty, under which President Zardari was his escape corruption charges. A few months ago, the conflict between the government and army have increased sharply, which is not uncommon in Pakistan. Pakistan's military, which has directly controlled the country since the founding of the state in 1947, more than half the time acts, even at times in which an elected government in Islamabad formally in power, de facto parallel government for foreign policy and security issues.
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