ISLAMABAD – Supreme Court on Thursday has announced decision on thepetition of contempt of case against Nawaz Sharif and PM Shahid Khaqan.

SC dismissed contempt of court petitions against Prime Minister ShahidKhaqan Abbasi, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharifand others.

A bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) MianSaqib Nisar conducted hearing of the case.

The CJP while lashing out at petitioner Mahmood Akhtar Naqvi said that youhave filed hundreds of applications to which the petitioner said that thefollowing Nawaz Sharif’s disqualification, PM Abbasi committed contempt ofcourt by giving statement.

Justice Saqib Nisar remarked that he (PM Abbasi) had given statement aboutthe references filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) againstSharif family and how such statement come under contempt of court, he asked.

The court then disposed of contempt petitions against Shahid Khaqan Abbasi,Nawaz Sharif, former sindh chief minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah and Ministerof State for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali.