PML-N President and Opposition Leader in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif has sent his rejoinder to the attorney general of Pakistan saying that latter’s letter is against law and is tantamount to contempt of court as the case is being heard in the Supreme Court, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Wednesday.
Reportedly, the PML-N president sent his reply to Attorney General Khalid Jawed Khan reminding him that his epistle which referred to a matter already in court was tantamount to contempt of court.
Shehbaz’s principal secretary Murad Ali Khan dispatched the letter consisting of two pages to AGP’s secretary Khalid Khan Niazi.
In his rejoinder, Shehbaz objected to the words used in AGP’s letter which he regarded as offensive and inappropriate. He said that the letter did not specify the excerpts of the Lahore High Court Nov 16, 2019 judgement and did not fathom his (Shehbaz’s) undertaking properly.
Without properly taking into consideration the court order, the AG wrote a letter to him on the direction of federal cabinet, the PML-N president said.
Shehbaz wrote that the officer who was composing letter at AG’s behest was totally at loss to understand the last part of his undertaking. He said there were obvious reasons to believe that the letter was written under political expediency. While writing the epistle, the details of law, formation of medical board and its recommendations and the assumptions derived from this whole exercise were totally ignored.
The PML-N leader stated that the AG letter was beyond the limits and scope of court’s Nov 16, 2019 order. He said the letter was written to breathe new life into the dying political narrative of the government and it was jotted down with an objective to start his media trial.
Since the case is in the Supreme Court, the AG’s letter could be regarded as contempt of court and it seems that the aforementioned letter is an attempt to influence the under trial case, Shehbaz added.
In his rejoinder, the PML-N president said that as per the court order, all reports were submitted within stipulated time and all responsibilities were carried out without any dereliction according to the undertaking.
Shehbaz said that AG’s letter was against law and he wrote it without having any legal reason and legal basis thus indulging in his character assassination. He affirmed that he did have the right to take a legal action against the attorney general.
Reporter Ibrahim Raja