ISLAMABAD: The hearing on the bail petitions filed by former premier and PTI Chairman Imran Khan and Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi in the cypher leak case registered under Official Secrets Act was adjourned till Sept 9 (Saturday).
Since, Special Court Judge Abul Hasnat Zulqarnain is on leave due to which hearing of the case was adjourned on Thursday without any proceedings. The judge is on leave till September 8.
The PTI lawyers appeared in the court. They requested the court staff to fix their petitions for Sept 9. But the staff told them that Judge Zulqarnain would be back on duty on Monday (Sept 11) and it would be better if their petition was fixed for Monday.
But the PTI lawyer said that if the judge was available on Saturday (Sept 9), they would give their arguments.
So, on the PTI lawyers’ insistence, the court staff fixed their pleas for Sept 9.
IHC terminates contempt case over Pervaiz Elahi’s rearrest
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday terminated a contempt petition regarding the re-arrest of PTI President Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi.
During hearing the case, Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri remarked that this court had not issued such order to stop the arrest of petitioner in any other case. How the order of this court was violated when the former CM was released, he questioned.
The lawyer of petitioner argued that his client was arrested again after being released on court’s direction. Justice Jahangiri remarked that it could be a contempt if the petitioner was not released on court’s order.
The lawyer said that the Lahore High Court (LHC) had also stopped arrest of former CM in any other case to which the bench said that then the contempt case should be filed to the same forum.
Justice Jahangiri remarked that the court had ordered release of the petitioner if he was not wanted in any other case. If he had been arrested in any other case then the trial court would view the matter, he said. The court, subsequently, terminated the contempt case filed by Pervaiz Elahi.
