Elahi challenges LHC decision in Supreme Court

Punjab’s former chief minister and PTI Central President Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has challenged the Lahore High Court decision against him in the Supreme Court, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

Elahi prayed to the Supreme Court to suspend the July 17 decision of the LHC two-judge bench against him and restore the earlier LHC single-bench decision regarding the acceptance of his bail.

The petitioner requested the court to bar the authorities from implicating him in false cases and harassing him.

He further requested the apex court to either hear his case or direct the Lahore High Court to decide his case quickly.

Elahi petitioned that the LHC two-judge bench decision could not be maintained as the high court failed to analyze the facts.

He said that the Punjab government was implicating him in fake cases.

The petition made Punjab government, anti-corruption establishment DG, FIA and others respondents in the case.

On July 17, a two-judge bench of the LHC suspended a single bench’s order that restrained the police and ACE from arresting Elahi in any undisclosed case.

The bench, headed by Justice Ali Baqar Najafi, passed the suspension order on an intra-court appeal of the provincial government.

The additional advocate general argued before the bench that the single judge issued the impugned decision contrary to the law.

He asked the bench to set aside the impugned order for being illegal.

The bench suspended the decision and issued notices to the respondents for Aug 1.

Reporter Imanat Gishkori