Egyptian security personnel escort Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani (R) to a vehicle after his meeting with India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Sharm el-Sheikh July 16, 2009. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
KARACHI (Reuters) - A Pakistani anti-corruption court on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, in a case alleging millions of dollars of graft in a trade development scheme, a security official said.
The same day, another senior figure in the opposition Pakistan People's Party (PPP) was accused in court of financing terrorism after being arrested the previous day. The PPP accuses its enemies of waging a smear campaign through the courts.
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