Pakistan's Supreme Court has indicted Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani for contempt of court.

The prime minister pleaded not guilty at his hearing Monday. If found guilty, he could be removed from office and sent to prison.

The development is the latest in an ongoing battle between the court and Mr. Zardari on the status of corruption cases dating back to the 1990s.

Prosecutors accuse Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and others of laundering millions of dollars through Swiss bank accounts.

Charges against Mr. Zardari and the others were dropped after a 2007 amnesty agreement. But the Supreme Court struck down the deal in 2009 and has been battling to reopen the cases ever since.

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