RAWALPINDI: The Lahore High Court (LHC) Monday suspended the arrest contracts allocated with the aid of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, Secretary General Asad Umar and Senior Vice-President Fawad Chaudhry for missing detestation proceedings.
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The election protection last week published bailable arrest warrants for the PTI authorities for failing to show up earlier than the fee in disgust proceedings.
ECP rejected the functions in search of exemption from attendance and ordered all three events to publish bonds worth Rs50,000 each.
However, the PTI had pushed the courtroom toward the arrest warrants.
Reports said that closing week, PTI chief Fawad Chaudhry, at once after the ECP’s decision, introduced he would task the warrants in the excessive court docket and file a contempt plea in opposition to ECP.
Advocate Faisal Chaudhry Attended The Court
Advocate Faisal Chaudhry seemed earlier than the courtroom on behalf of Imran Khan and Fawad Chaudhry.
During the hearing, the PTI attorney claimed that the ECP used to be in no function to trouble arrest warrants because it was once now not a constitutional court. Subsequently, the court docket suspended the arrest warrants for Imran and Fawad Chaudhry in the ECP contempt case.
However, the judge permitted the ECP to proceed with disdainful lawsuits against PTI leaders.
“PTI strives remedy from the judiciary however objectives them in the media,” the courtroom remarked throughout the hearing.
It stated that focusing on the judiciary in the media got here beneath the contempt of the courtroom and warned that if Fawad Chaudhry went on to goal the courts in the media, contempt of court proceedings will proceed.
Justice Khan Defined His Thoughts
Justice Khan instructed the PTI leader’s legal professional that the court docket was once giving him remedy this time, however, his consumer must chorus from pinning the blame on the courts.
“Enough is enough, the courtroom will no longer exhibit restraint,” remarked Justice Khan.
“ECP’s selection to difficulty arrest warrants in contempt of the excessive court’s decision,” stated Fawad. He stated that the case used to be for January 17, and the verdict used to be introduced nowadays (January 16) in breach of the laws.
