The highly anticipated, detailed verdict of the Supreme Court regarding the contempt of court case against Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was released earlier today, on Tuesday, AajNews Reported.

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The Supreme Court issued 77 pages, detailing its verdict in the contempt of court case. The Premiere refused to abide by the court's order to write a letter re-opening President Zardari's corruption cases in Switzerland.

The Apex court gave a brief verdict earlier on April 26, where the Prime Minister was found guilty of contempt of court and was handed imprisonment until the end of the hearing, which was about 32 seconds long.

Justice Asif Khosa wrote  six additional pages to the 77 page verdict.

Reading from the already prepared verdict, Justice Nasirul Mulk said, "For the reasons to be recorded later, the accused Yusuf Raza Gilani, the prime minister of Pakistan and chief executive of the federation, is found guilty of and convicted for contempt of court under Article 204(2) of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973 read with Section 3 of the Contempt of Court Ordinance (Ordinance V of 2003) for the willful flouting, disregard and disobedience of this court’s direction contained in paragraph number 178 of the judgment delivered in the case of Dr. Mubashar Hasan vs the federation of Pakistan after our satisfaction that the contempt committed by PM Gilani is substantially detrimental to the administration of justice and tends to bring this court and the judiciary of the country into ridicule".

Justice Mulk read, "As regards the sentence to be passed against the convict, we note that the findings and conviction for contempt of court recorded are likely to entail some serious consequences in term of Article 63 (1) (g) of the 1973 Constitution which may be read as mitigating factors towards the sentence we passed against him,"

Prime Minister's council, Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan, was aware of the facts regarding the Prime Minister's disqualification from office, but willingly chose to remain silent about it.

A copy of the detailed verdict will be sent to Speaker National Assembly, who after reviewing it will decide on the Prime Minister's disqualification from office.

According to the deadline given by the court, PM Gilani has 18 days left to register an appeal challenging the Supreme Court's decision. A deadline of 30 days was announced to the Prime Minister, after he was charged on April 26.

It should be noted that a completely new bench will be formed to hear the appeal, if the Premiere decides to appeal.