Pakistan’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal filed by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in a contempt case on Friday.  Gilani is set to be charged on 13 February. He is accused of failing to re-open corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. The court says Gilani and his advisers have ignored orders to ask Swiss authorities to re-open the corruption cases. Thousands of such cases were thrown out by a controversial amnesty law adopted in 2007. The premier maintains that Zardari has immunity as the president.