Taking notice of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan’s threat to Additional District and Sessions Judge Zeba Chaudhry, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday decided to initiate contempt proceedings against the former prime minister.
According to Geo News, the IHC took notice following a consultation among all judges of the court. A three-member bench headed by Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani and comprising Justice Mian Gul Hasan Aurangzeb and Justice Babar Sattar, will start hearing the contempt case against the former prime minister on Tuesday.
Speaking at a rally in Islamabad on Saturday, the PTI chief had threatened to take action against the judge and Islamabad police’s inspector general (IG) and deputy inspector general (DIG).
“We will not spare the IG and DIG…. Judge Zeba Chaudhry should also prepare herself as a case will be registered against her,” he had said.
Subsequently, the PTI chief was named in a terrorism case at Margalla police station on the complaint of Magistrate Ali Javed for threatening the woman judge.
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) had separately on Saturday banned live telecasts of Imran’s speeches on television.
