Kasur DPO submit report of anti-judiciary rally case in LHC

Dunya News

A three-member bench headed by Justice Mazahir Ali Akbar Naqvi conducted hearing of the case.

LAHORE (Dunya News) - Kasur DPO submitted the report of anti-judiciary rally and slogans case in Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday.

A three-member bench headed by Justice Mazahir Ali Akbar Naqvi conducted hearing of the case.

Kasur DPO appeared in LHC and told that all the suspects in the case including MNA, MPA have been produced before the court whereas their names have also been included in the Exit Control List (ECL).

Justice Atir Mehmood remarked that the matter of contempt of court is between the court and the insultor.

The court while adjourning the hearing till May 9 directed advocate Ali Ahmed Kurd to submit affidavit in the office on behalf of MNAs and MPAs.

It also ordered to play the video of the rally on projector on next hearing.

The petitioner’s lawyer told media that the court has provided time to the suspects to hire a lawyer. 

In April, police detained as many as 50 Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) workers for holding protest against institutions in Kasur on Wednesday.

The rally was held at Shahbaz Road under the supervision of member of National Assembly (MNA) Waseem Akhtar Sheikh and member of provincial assembly (MPA) Naeem Safdar Ansari. Slogans and foul language against judicial system were also used during the protest.

The security personnel lodged two separate cases on the applications of Advocate Major (r) Habibur Rehman and Constable Abdul Rasheed against 80 people including chairman and vice chairman and launched a search operation to nab other culprits.