A contempt plea has been filed in the Supreme Court (SC) against Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, PML-N Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz Sharif, and National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf for flaying top court’s April 4 verdict, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
The Finance Secretary has also been made a party in the petition.
The plea was filed by Advocate Maulvi Iqbal Haider in which he contended the said government officials have defied Supreme Court’s ruling on Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s polls date by not releasing Rs21 billion as election expense to Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
Hereby, the apex court is urged to start contempt proceedings against these government figures.
Reporter: Amanat Gishkori