IHC dismisses contempt case against Maryam, Sanaullah & Fazlur Rehman

ISLAMABAD, August 26 (SABAH): Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday dismissed the contempt of court application against Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) leaders Maryam Nawaz, Rana Sanaullah and Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman.

The court heard the plea earlier and dismissed it as inadmissible. The IHC upheld the objection that the registrar’s office was not the relevant forum and asked the petitioner’s lawyer what the application was about.

The lawyer responded that various anti-judiciary statements were made by these leaders on social media. Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani inquired if there is any statement related to this high court. Following this, he directed the petitioner’s lawyer to take the case to the Supreme Court and the Lahore High Court as the counsel claimed they were mentioned in the alleged malicious statements.

“If the petitioner is from Lahore, why is he not filing the case there? Lahore has courts too,” Justice Kayani remarked. Subsequently, the court dismissed the contempt of court petition as inadmissible.