SC dismisses contempt petitions against Nawaz Sharif, others

ISLAMABAD, Mar 14 (APP):The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed contempt of court petitions against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, and ministers Daniyal Aziz and Khawaja Saad Rafique.
The three-member SC bench headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar and comprising Justice Umar Ata Bandial and Justice Ijazul Ahsan heard the petitions.
During the course of proceedings, petitioner Sheikh Ahsanuddin said as per media reports Nawaz had termed the court verdict an insult of over 200 million citizens of the country.
He alleged that the PML-N Quaid (supreme leader) had scandalised the court’s verdict in his rally.
Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar remarked that the court did not consider the presented evidence contemptuous. He observed that every individual had the right to comment on the verdicts while staying within the legal parameters.
He observed that the limit might not have been crossed in the cited example but in some other instances.
Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan responded that the court too exercised patience.
The chief justice remarked that that the bench did not consider the content presented in the application enough for a contempt of court notice.
Meanwhile, contempt pleas against Federal Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique and Minister for Privatization Daniyal Aziz were also dismissed.