ISLAMABAD: In a new development Supreme Court of Pakistan after indictingNehal Hashmi in the contempt of court case and issuing notice to TalalChaudhry has issued yet another contempt of court notice to PML-N leaderDaniyal Aziz.
Minister for Privatisation Daniyal Aziz was issued contempt notices by theSupreme Court (SC) on Friday. A three-member bench, headed by Justice EjazAfzal Khan, will hear the case on February 7.
The SC took notice of his contemptuous speeches against the judiciary andsent him notices.
On Thursday, the SC sentenced PML-N Senator Nehal Hashmi to one-monthimprisonment and barred him from holding public office for the next fiveyears in a contempt of court case against the former PML-N stalwart.
A three-member bench of the apex court — headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosaand comprising Justice Sajjad Ali Shah and Justice Dost Mohammad — alsoimposed a fine of Rs.50,000 on the senator.
Further, the bench dismissed an unconditional apology, which Hashmi hadsubmitted to the court on January 24 for his threatening video messageagainst “those investigating” former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and hisfamily.
As the verdict was announced, Hashmi was taken into custody by police fromthe courtroom and taken to Adiala Jail.
The verdict said: “As the respondent has been convicted and sentenced bythis Court for acting in a manner prejudicial to the integrity andindependence of the judiciary of Pakistan and for defaming and bringing thejudiciary into ridicule, therefore, by virtue of the law declared by thisCourt in the case of Muhammad Azhar Siddique and others v. Federation ofPakistan and others (PLD 2012 SC 774) with reference to Article 63(1)(g) ofthe Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973 he ipso factostands disqualified from being elected or chosen as, and from being, amember of the Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) for a period of five years fromtoday. Let a copy of this judgment be sent to the Election Commission ofPakistan for an immediate appropriate action in that respect.”