The 9 at 9: Monday
Nine things you really need to know this morning: A referendum on scrapping the Seanad, more speculation of a Fianna Fáil heave, and water outages for two more weeks.
View ArticlePakistani PM tries to scrape together new coalition
Prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani – a US ally – fights to retain power after a junior partner abandoned government last week.
View ArticlePakistani PM denies being part of moves to 'hide' bin Laden
Yousuf Raza Gilani tells parliament that the state was not hiding Osama – and says his killing is ‘justice done’.
View ArticleShocking video emerges of boy being shot dead by Pakistani security forces
Pakistani security forces are under pressure to explain the video of an unarmed 18-year-old being shot at point-blank range. He later bled to death.
View ArticlePakistani president 'not worried' amid military coup threat
Asif Ali Zardari is under intense pressure from the military establishment, as well as what many see is a partisan Supreme Court intent on ousting his government before the end of its term in 2013.
View ArticlePakistani Prime Minister faces contempt of court charge
Yusuf Raza Gilani faces contempt proceedings for failing to carry out a court order to reopen a corruption case against the president.
View ArticlePakistani Prime Minister charged with contempt
The Supreme Court had ordered the PM to reopen an old corruption case against the president – but he refused.
View ArticlePakistan PM convicted of contempt - but won't go to jail
Gilani given a symbolic sentence over his refusal to reopen corruption case against Pakistan’s president.
View ArticlePakistan court disqualifies its own Prime Minister from office
Yousuf Raza Gilani was convicted of contempt for refusing to ask authorities to reopen corruption cases. This bars him from being an MP, a law which the country’s Supreme Court today enforced.
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