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.
\nThe deposed prime minister\u2019s 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 \u2018Haqeeqi Azadi March\u2019 in Wazirabad.
\nIn the application, Raja maintained that his client [Imran Khan] is admitted to the hospital due to the \u201cunfortunate incident\u201d and that it is not possible to submit a reply on the matter.
\n\u201cIt is requested that the case not be fixed for hearing at the moment,\u201d the lawyer requested.
\nIt 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.
\nThe 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\u2019s previous long march was restricted from entering Islamabad\u2019s D-Chowk, was \u201cmisused\u201d.
\nA 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.
\nThe bench sought a detailed reply from the PTI chief over the violation of the May 25 order.
\nDuring the hearing, CJP Bandial noted that the court had moved carefully in this case. \u201cEven now we are exercising great restraint,\u201d he added. The chief justice further remarked that the judges did not want their pen to be \u201cmisused\u201d.
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