CJP Justice Saqib Nisar threatens to shutdown TV Channel
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ISLAMABAD - CJP Justice Saqib Nisar heard case related to the substandard icecreams and foods served in Lahore and across Punjab.
PFA Director General Muhammad Usman in his application complained that *GNN* news channel, which is owned by the Gourmet group, had started a "character assassination" campaign against him after the operation against the brand's ice cream was carried out.
At this, Justice Nisar remarked that such a TV campaign was tantamount to contempt of court and warned: "Why don't [we] order the shut down of *GNN*for a few days or permanently?"
But instead of ordering closure of the news outlet, the chief justice ordered the owners of Gourmet Foods and *GNN* to appear before the court tomorrow. The director general of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority was also ordered to be present.
What angered the top judge the most, however, was a call that he received on behalf of Gourmet, presumably to ask the chief justice to extend favour or show leniency to the company.
