IHC announces verdict over contempt petition against Sharif Brothers

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*ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday dismissed a petitionseeking contempt of court proceedings against PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharifand Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. *

The petitioner, Syed Zafar Ali Shah, had contended that former PM NawazSharif went abroad with the permission of the Lahore High Court (LHC) dueto illness and his brother [Shehbaz Shariflink]had submitted an affidavit that the PML-N supremo would return after hisrecovery but did not, in fact, return.

The plaintiff had pleaded with the court to declare Nawaz Sharif an“offender” and contempt of court proceedings should be launched againstboth brothers.

The petitioner had contended that the prime minister was the guarantor ofhis elder brother’s return to Pakistan after he gets medical treatment,however, he has yet to return — despite the passage of nearly three years.

IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah heard the case and dismissed the pleadismissed petition declaring it non-maintainable.

In the reserved order, Justice Athar Minallah maintained that his courtcould not take up the plea as it was already pending in the Lahore HighCourt (LHC link).