Yusuf Raza Gilani disqualified as the PM of Pakistan

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on 19 June 2012 disqualified Yusuf Raza Gilani, Pakistan's 16th Prime Minister, from his office. The court also held him ineligible to be the member of National Assembly, the lower house of the Pakistan’s Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament). Gilani was convicted for violating the article 63(1) (g) (contempt of court) of the constitution of Pakistan on 26 April 2012 by the Supreme Court. The court’s verdict came following Gilani’s refusal to probe cases of corruption against Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari.

Born on 9 June 1952, Yusuf Raza Gilani, had been the member of Pakistan's National Assembly from Multan-IV constituency since 1988. In 2008 general elections he led Pakistan People Party (PPP) to a victory, to took over as the 16th Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
 
Gilani obtained his Bachelor in Journalism in 1970 followed by a Masters in Political Journalism from the University of the Punjab in 1976. Subsequently he joined  politics in 1978 under the military government of General Zia-ul-Haq. His father Makhdoom Alamdar Hussain Gilani was a former politician who played a significant role in the Pakistan Movement. Gilani, who was initially associated with the Pakistan Muslim League (PML), was first elected to the Parliament in the non-party elections of 1985, and was appointed minister for housing and works, and later railways. But, political differences with the PML leadership soon prompted him to join the PPP.

Gilani also served prison for five years during the rule of former President Pervez Musharraf after being convicted by a military-controlled anti-corruption agency for misusing his authority when he was the Speaker of the Parliament from 1993 to 1997.