Contempt of court notice issued to Islamabad's chief commissioner for not producing Parvez Elahi
Pakistan
The judge expressing his anger remarked that how the order of the court was ignored
LAHORE (Dunya News) - The Lahore High Court has issued contempt of court notice to the Chief Commissioner Islamabad (CCI) for not producing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf President Parvez Elahi before the court despite order.
The hearing of the case for the production of Elahi was held in the court of Justice Mirza Waqas Rauf in the LHC but despite court order, the former chief minister was not produced even today.
Rawalpindi CPO Syed Khalid Hamdani, Attock District Jail Superintendent Arif Shehzad, Attock DPO Sardar Ghiyas Gul Khan and other officers including Punjab government's Additional Advocate General Ghulam Sarwar and Advocate General Islamabad (AGI) also appeared in court.
Justice Mirza Waqas Rauf, expressing his anger, asked how the order of the court was ignored?
Parvez Elahi's lawyer said the court orders were not implemented and the court said that ignoring the court orders was a separate issue.
The Lahore High Court said that despite the court order, Islamabad police arrested Elahi. The court asked the AGI that court order was available and what was his position on it. The court order was very clear but he (Elahi) was arrested and transferred to Attock Jail.
The AGI said that Elahi was taken to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims), kept in Police Lines due to security and it is difficult to bring him here. The court asked that there was no difficulty while taking him (Elahi) from here. Production of Elahi before the court should not be one’s ego problem.
The court said the IGP did not appear before the Supreme Court and the CCI avoided appearance in the Islamabad High Court. Show-cause notices were issued to the officers concerned for violating the court order. The contempt proceedings against these officers will continue separately.
The judge said CCI violated the court order so a show-cause notice was issued to him for contempt of court. The officers should file their response within seven days, the judge ordered.
The court restrained Additional Advocate General Ghulam Sarwar from interfering and said the contempt of court case against the officers was adjourned till next week.
