Contempt petition against Shahid Khaqan Abbasi accepted for hearing
The plea has been filed against the PML-N leader by Malik Riaz Anjum.
RAWALPINDI (Dunya News) – A contempt petition against former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was accepted for hearing on Friday.
Justice Tariq Mehmood Abbasi of Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi bench will take up the case on Tuesday.
The plea has been filed against the PML-N leader by Malik Riaz Anjum.
Summoned in Treason case
On the other hand, a three-member bench of LHC has summoned former prime ministers Nawaz Sharif and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to appear in the court on Friday over a petition seeking registration of treason case against them.
The bench headed by Justice Mazahir Alil Akbar Naqvi released the written order. The court has directed both the parties to clear their position on the matter.
The petition was filed by Advocate Azhar Siddique saying that Nawaz Sharif’s interview falls in the ambit of treason and had caused damage to national integrity, while Shahid Khaqan Abbasi disclosed the proceedings of a very important meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC) to Nawaz Sharif.
The petitioner prayed the court to take action against the former premiers.
