Pakistan PM says charges against president 'politically motivated'

Prime Minister Yusaf Raza Gilani, in an interview broadcast on Saturday, said corruption charges against Pakistan's president were "politically motivated" and that the president had immunity as head of state.

"There had been a lot of cases against him, and they were all politically motivated," Gilani told Al Jazeera television, referring to President Asif Ali Zardari.

"He has got immunity. And he has not got immunity only in Pakistan, he has transnational immunity, even all over the world."