Top court orders Pakistan PM to appear over graft cases against president

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf was ordered on Wednesday to appear before the Supreme Court this month over his failure to comply with orders to reopen corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. The move, another twist in a long-running standoff between the government and the judiciary, could lead to further political instability in Pakistan. Two months ago, Ashraf's predecessor, Yusuf Raza Gilani, was found guilty of contempt over the same issue and disqualified from holding the post of prime minister. ...