Islamabad: Speaker National Assembly, Fehmida Mirza has announced not to forward the reference to Election Commission to de-notify the convicted Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani.
A statement issued by the Speaker Thursday raised objections over the letter sent to her by the Supreme Court which pertains to the verdict against the premier.
The speaker said that according to Article 63 of the constitution, the question of the prime minister’s qualification “does not arise”.
Dr Mirza consulted law experts for the decision, which she dictated to the secretary national assembly.
Last month, a seven-member bench of the Supreme Court convicted Gilani of contempt for refusing to write a letter to Swiss authorities in order to reopen graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari.
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