*ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has been moved to initiatecontempt of court proceedings against Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM)leaders. *

According to details, a citizen – Ijaz Battar – has filed a petition inIslamabad High Court (IHC) to initiate court proceedings against PDMleaders.

Maryam Nawaz, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Rana Sanaullah, Marriyum Aurangzeb andAtta Tarar were made parties in the case.

The citizen, in his petition, argued that the PDM leaders made statementsagainst the judiciary through press conference. “The PDM leaders continuedto threaten the judiciary through statements and press releases,” heclaimed.

The petitioner contended that threatening through media fall under thecategory of Article 204. “Contempt of court proceedings should be takenagainst PDM leaders for threatening the judges,” he pleaded.