Gillani secretly but more effectively persuaded his party 's leadership to bring about an impeachment motion against President Pervez Musharraf . According to '' The News International '' , Gillani reportedly told at the meeting of the central committee that " they all should " '' swim and sink '' " with the political forces of PML in the larger interests of democracy . Sources claimed that Gillani had raised concerns bout the deteriorating image of the peoples party , which was seen as working with Musharraf to the much annoyance of the media and the people of Pakistan . Gillani assertively pleaded to central committee that " if at any stage they all have to make a final choice between Musharraf and Nawaz Sharif , then central committee 's leaders should be standing with the PML in line with the democratic credentials of the party . " On 13 May 2008 , the PML ( N ) ministers resigned from Gillani 's government due to a disagreement related to the reinstatement of judges whom Musharraf removed from office in 2007 . Zardari , hoping to preserve the coalition , told Gillani to reject the resignations . At the close of 2008 , Pakistan 's '' The Financial Daily '' conducted a public poll on its website ; respondents entered the names of their favourite personalities for the year , and Gillani was named among the top 50 . Musharraf 's foreign trips were cancelled , and Gilani decided to paid a state visit to China instead of Musharraf , to attend the ceremony of 2008 Beijing Olympics . A public movement led by the Peoples Party-Muslim league nexus , Musharraf dramatically resigned from the presidency after delivering an hour long farewell speech on 18 August 2008 . Reacting upon Musharraf 's removal , Gillani publicly called for national celebration , and marked Musharraf 's resignation as " '' historic day '' . " Nationwide celebration were held in the entire country . In a special sitting of parliament , Gillani quoted to his collective alliance , " Today we have buried dictatorship for ever . " In April 2010 , Gillani announced the energy policy to deal with the severe electricity shortage facing Pakistan . In 2010 , Gillani went on to attend the Nuclear Security Summit held in Washington , D.C. , where he issued a statement saying Pakistan would like to act as a provider and " participate in any non-discriminatory nuclear fuel cycle assurance mechanism . His government tightened the nuclear safety programme , and expanded the role of Nuclear Regulatory Authority ( PNRA ) . In 2012 , Gillani attended the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit where he defended the right of Pakistan 's access to nuclear technology for peaceful uses on a non-discriminatory basis . His government announced the approval the safeguards agreements of the two commercial civil nuclear power plants , and inaugurated the '' CHASNUPP-III '' nuclear power plant in Chasma . In 2012 , Gillani gave approval of establishing two civilian nuclear power plant in Karachi to meet the future energy needs of financial and economical development
2012 Nuclear Security Summit
2012 Nuclear Security Summit
Yousaf Raza Gillani