The Lahore High Court (LHC) has taken action by issuing a contempt of courtnotice to Islamabad’s chief commissioner today. This notice expresses thecourt’s displeasure over the chief commissioner’s failure to comply withthe LHC’s orders to present Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) PresidentChaudhry Pervez Elahi before the court.
During the hearing focused on the LHC’s contempt proceedings, severalofficials, including City Police Officer (CPO) Rawalpindi Syed KhalidHamdani, Superintendent District Jail Attock Arif Shahzad, District PoliceOfficer (DPO) Attock Sardar Ghayas Gul Khan, and Punjab Government’sAdditional Advocate General Ghulam Sarwar Nihang, were present in thecourt. The Advocate General of Islamabad was also in attendance at the LHC.
Justice Mirza Viqas Rauf of the LHC expressed his dissatisfaction with thefailure to present the former Punjab chief minister, Chaudhry Pervez Elahi,as ordered by the court. He questioned how the court’s orders could bedisregarded.
Elahi’s lawyer pleaded that the court’s orders had not been implemented, towhich the court responded by emphasizing that ignoring the court’s orderswas a distinct issue.
The LHC pointed out that, despite the court’s order, Islamabad police hadarrested the former Punjab chief minister and transferred him to AttockJail. The court sought clarification from Islamabad’s advocate generalregarding his stance on the court order, which was clear but not followed.
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The advocate general explained that Pervez Elahi was being held in PoliceLines due to security concerns, making it challenging to bring him to thecourt. In response, the LHC inquired why there was no difficulty in takinghim from the court and stressed that presenting Pervez Elahi before thecourt should not be a matter of anyone’s ego.
Consequently, the LHC determined that the Islamabad chief commissioner hadviolated the court’s order and proceeded to issue a contempt of courtnotice. The court instructed that a response to the notice should besubmitted within 7 days.
