Saturday, 3 February 2018

Ahsan Iqbal urges SC to issue contempt notice against Musharraf

MULTAN: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Saturday said he wouldn’t consider the judiciary independent until the Supreme Court of Pakistan issues arrest orders for General (retd) Pervez Musharraf.

Addressing a media conference here, he said the former president committed the biggest contempt of court and the apex court should issue a contempt notice against him as it did in Nehal Hashmi’s case.

The top court had earlier awarded one-month prison term to PML-N Senator Nehal Hashmi and disqualified him from holding public office for five years under Article 63 (1)(g) of the constitution.

“I will admit the judiciary is free and sovereign once Musharraf summoned and sent to Adiyala Jail on similar charges,” he said.

He said the authority of courts wouldn’t be reinforced fully for serving contempt notices to ordinary political workers.

Appearing optimistic for upcoming elections, he said the PML-N government undertook countrywide public works.

The post Ahsan Iqbal urges SC to issue contempt notice against Musharraf appeared first on ARYNEWS.



from ARYNEWS http://ift.tt/2E1LODm
via

No comments:

Post a Comment