Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday dismissed a petition accusing Prime Minister Imran Khan of contempt of court for his recent remarks on the judiciary.
The petition, filed by Advocate Saleemullah Khan yesterday, stated that the premier had committed serious contempt by pointing fingers at the court.
During the proceedings today, IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah, who was hearing the petition, asked the appellant, "What problem do you have with the prime minister's speech?"
The petitioner responded that the prime minister had ridiculed the judiciary.
"Do you want a trial of an elected prime minister?" Justice Minallah asked. "Do you know the outcome of such a move? Do you want the prime minister to be disqualified?"
The hearing was adjourned until later in the day.
At inaugural ceremony of Havelian-Mansehra section of the Hazara motorway at Havelian, PM Imran urged Chief Justice of Pakistan Asif Saeed Khosa and senior judge of the Supreme Court Justice Gulzar Ahmed to restore public confidence in the judiciary.
The premier said there was a sense of disparity in public on how the powerful and common people were treated differently in the country’s judicial system.
Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa on PM's comment reacted by saying that, “Do not hurl taunts at us for favouring the powerful, because everybody is equal before us.”
