Summary Justice Ijaz Afzal is to preside over the bench and conduct hearing at 01:00pm tomorrow
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Supreme Court (SC) has taken notice of former senator Nehal Hashmi’s threatening speech to judiciary and the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) and served him a contempt of court notice.
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Saqib Nisar has formed a three-member bench to hear the case against Hashmi. Justice Ijaz Afzal is to preside over the bench and conduct hearing at on Thursday.
Earlier in the day, Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif revoked membership of former senator Nehal Hashmi after he delivered a speech that entailed threats to the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) of Panama Leaks and the judiciary.
Hashmi was summoned to the Prime Minister House following his speech and was informed of the revocation there.
Special assistant to the premier Asif Kirmani conveyed premier’s message to the former senator. State minister Marriyum Aurangzeb had stated then that the premier had sought a resignation off him.
Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan had earlier urged the Supreme Court to take notice of Nehal Hashmi s threats to the members of the JIT and the apex court.
Premier’s family is under investigation for alleged corruption after Panama Papers published a leak of documents belonging to Mosscak Fonseca, a law firm in April 2016.
Sons and daughter of the Prime Minister were named in the leak which was studied by International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).
The ex-senator was elected to the Senate in 2015.
Nehal Hashmi has served as the general secretary of PML-N Sindh chapter and president of its Karachi chapter. Hashmi also served the premier as advisor to Prime Minister of Pakistan on Law, Justice and Human Rights.
