Gilani offers to quit: Report (Lead)
January 16th, 2012 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 16 (IANS) Embattled Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Monday offered to resign after a meeting with President Asif Ali Zardari in the wake of a contempt notice issued to him by the Supreme Court, a media report said.
Gilani offered to resign to save democratic system and parliament, reported ARY News.
The prime minister made the offer after meeting President Zardari.
Both leaders discussed the current political situation in the country, Geo News earlier quoted sources as saying.
The Supreme Court Monday issued a contempt notice to Gilani for not implementing its directive to act against Zardari, who had been granted amnesty under the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) in cases of corruption. Gilani was directed to appear personally before the bench Jan 19.
The NRO, issued in 2007 by then president Parvez Musharraf to facilitate the return of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and her husband Zardari, had been struck down as void by the Supreme Court in 2009.
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