ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is the second premier in the history of the country who has been summoned by the Supreme Court. Gilani was asked by the seven-member SC bench to personally appear on January 19. In 1997, Chief Justice Sajjad Ali Shah had summoned Nawaz Sharif in the court during his second term as prime minister.
The contempt notice has been issued by the Supreme Court after refusal by the government to write to the Swiss officials for reopening of corruption cases.