Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan filed a petition on Saturday in the Supreme Court for the postponement of the contempt of court case.
The deposed prime minister’s lawyer, Salman Akram Raja, filed an application in the contempt of court case after the PTI chief, on November 3, sustained a bullet wound to his leg as he led the party’s ‘Haqeeqi Azadi March’ in Wazirabad.
In the application, Raja maintained that his client [Imran Khan] is admitted to the hospital due to the “unfortunate incident” and that it is not possible to submit a reply on the matter.
“It is requested that the case not be fixed for hearing at the moment,” the lawyer requested.
It is pertinent to note the apex court had asked the PTI chief to submit an answer and had said that the date of the next hearing will then be set.
The order to the former prime minister was given after the top court, on November 2, observed that its orders on May 25 this year, wherein the PTI’s previous long march was restricted from entering Islamabad’s D-Chowk, was “misused”.
A five-member larger bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, continued hearing a contempt petition against PTI Chairman and former premier Imran Khan.
The bench sought a detailed reply from the PTI chief over the violation of the May 25 order.
During the hearing, CJP Bandial noted that the court had moved carefully in this case. “Even now we are exercising great restraint,” he added. The chief justice further remarked that the judges did not want their pen to be “misused”.
Imran Khan moves SC for postponement of contempt case
