ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Wednesday said he has full respect for the Judiciary and would appear before the seven-member bench of the Supreme Court on April 26.
"I will appear before the Supreme Court tomorrow," Gilani told his Cabinet, while chairing the weekly Cabinet meeting here at the PM Secretariat.
Gilani said he had always honoured the decisions of the court and fully respects its verdicts. He said the Supreme Court has summoned him for the third time and if any other cabinet colleague wishes to accompany him, he was welcome.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik said the entire Cabinet would accompany the Prime Minister, when he appears before the bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Nasirul Mulk, hearing a contempt case against him.
Gilani had appeared before the Supreme Court on Jan 19 and Feb 13.