Defence Secretary tenders unconditional apology to SC
The apex court had issued notice to the Defence Secretary on 12th October.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Secretary Defense Lt. General (R) Asif Yasin Malik on Tuesday submitted an unconditional apology to the Supreme Court of Pakistan over contempt of court notice.
In his response, Asif Yasin Malik regretted for not holding the local bodies elections in the cantonment board areas despite court orders.
The apex court had issued contempt of court notice on October 12 during the hearing of a case regarding the holding of local bodies elections in all the cantonment board areas in the country.
The court had observed that the secretary defence failed twice to fulfill his commitments made before the court which was tantamount to the contempt of court.
