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Yusuf Raza Gilani is a Pakistani politician and the current Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan. He served as the 16th prime minister of Pakistan from 2008 to 2012 and was disqualified by the Supreme Court on corruption charges in 2012.
Learn about the life and career of Yousaf Raza Gilani, the prime minister of Pakistan from 2008 to 2012. Find out his political affiliation, role in the Mumbai attacks, and conviction for contempt of court.
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Jun 19, 2012 · Learn about the life and career of Pakistan's former prime minister, who was disqualified by the Supreme Court in 2012 after a long confrontation over corruption charges. Find out how he rose to power, defied his critics and became a symbol of democracy in Pakistan.
Jun 19, 2012 · Yusuf Raza Gilani, the longest serving prime minister in Pakistan’s history, was nominated by a coalition parliament in 2008 and served almost four years – a first for Pakistan and...
Jun 19, 2012 · A Benazir Bhutto loyalist and charismatic leader with strong popular support in southern Punjab, Yousuf Raza Gillani became the seventeenth prime minister of Pakistan.
Jun 19, 2012 · ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s top court disqualified Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani from office Tuesday in a stunning move likely to throw the country into fresh turmoil just months before...
Apr 9, 2024 · Veteran Pakistan Peoples Party leader and former prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani was elected unopposed as chairman of the Senate on Tuesday, as lawmakers from jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party boycotted the elections to the key posts in the upper house of Parliament.
