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Aitzaz Ahsan: Pakistani judiciary 'is too powerful'

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There is a tense power struggle in Pakistan. The Supreme Court has forced out one prime minister and put the current one on notice.

Pakistani politician and lawyer Senator Aitzaz Ahsan - from the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party - defended the former prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani against his dismissal by the Supreme Court. He says the country's judiciary "is too powerful" and has, at times, overstepped its limits.

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