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Pakistani PM Gilani guilty of contempt but spared jail
Source: BBC
Pakistan's Supreme Court has found Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani guilty in a contempt of court case.
However, the court gave Mr Gilani only a symbolic sentence and he will not have to serve any time in jail.
Mr Gilani had denied that he had been in contempt for failing to reopen corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari.
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The BBC's M Ilyas Khan in Islamabad says there is still a chance that Mr Gilani could be automatically disqualified from holding public office - it depends under what part of the constitution he has been convicted.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17848796