*ISLAMABAD* - A criminal case has been registered against Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) leader Faisal Raza Abidi.
FIR has been registered against him for making “insulting and threatening” remarks against Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar.
Police have registered a criminal case against Abidi.
According to police, Abidi made the remarks during an interview with a web-based platform *Naya Pakistan*, which was posted online on July 2.
In the interview, the former Senator called Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar a “traitor” because he took oath under the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO).
“During the contempt of court case against me, I told this judge that he was a traitor because he took oath under PCO,” Abidi said in the interview, adding that he had also filed a reference against Chief Justice Saqib Nisar in the Supreme Judicial Council.