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Pakistani court issues warrant for Zardari ally
The battle between Pakistain's judiciary and government took a fresh twist Thursday when a court issued an arrest warrant for a close ally of President  Asif Ali President Ten PercentZardari ... sticky-fingered husband of the late Benazir Bhutto ... , effectively blocking his nomination as the country's next prime minister. Zardari wanted Makhdoom Shahabuddin, a former health minister from Punjab province, to replace Yousuf Raza Gilani ... Pakistain's former prime minister, whose occasional feats of mental gymnastics could be awe-inspiring ... , who was dismissed as prime minister by the Supreme Court on Tuesday. But hours after Shahabuddin's nomination, the military-run Anti-Narcotics Force prompted a magistrate's court to order his arrest on charges relating to the illegal production of a controlled drug two years ago. The court also issued an arrest warrant for Ali Musa Gilani, a son of the outgoing prime minister, in the same case. Posted by: Fred 2012-06-23 |
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