LAHORE: Another petition – seeking contempt proceedings – has been filed in Lahore High Court (LHC) against deposed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for pouring scorn on the judiciary in aftermath of landmark July 28 verdict by Supreme Court in Panamagate case, ARY News reported on Monday.
The petition has been filed by a citizen, Syed Mehmood Akhtar Naqvi, who has adopted a stance that the former premier had tried to cause controversy over apex court’s disqualification verdict in Panamagate case while addressing a lawyers’ convention here at Aiwan-e-Iqbal on August 25.
The petitioner has contended that disqualified PM Nawaz Sharif made blistering criticism on the judiciary by understating it and posing redundant questions on the jury, hence the court should initiate contempt of court proceedings against him.
Pleading for contempt proceedings, the petition further asserted that Nawaz Sharif had constantly been criticizing the Supreme Court judges, which not only constituted contempt of the court but also violated the constitution.
Earlier, the Lahore High Court (LHC) had barred PEMRA from airing anti-judiciary speeches of the Sharif brothers -Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif – and sixteen other members of the Parliament.ne
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