Islamabad (June 28, 2018): The Supreme Court will announce its verdict in the contempt case against former federal privatization minister Danyal Aziz today, Thursday.
A three-member bench of the top court is expected to announce the verdict at 9:30 am on July 28 (Today).
The PML-N’s stalwart was served with contempt notice on Feb-2 over his controversial speeches against judiciary during various TV talk shows.
On February 23, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Leader Daniyal Aziz appeared before the Supreme Court of Pakistan bench hearing contempt notice case against him.
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PML-N Leader and Former Federal Minister, Daniyal Aziz was indicted on contempt charges by the apex court on March 13.
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At the last hearing of the case on May 3, when the decision was reserved, prosecutor Rana Waqar had argued that Aziz’s remarks were an attack on the system of justice.
Waqar had informed the bench that Aziz had termed ‘scripted’ Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leaders’ Imran Khan’s acquittal and Jahangir Tareen’s disqualification by the apex court and stated that the monitoring judge of the Supreme Court orchestrated the corruption references against Nawaz and his family.
Aziz had also produced witnesses in his defence during the trial and was represented by senior lawyer Ali Raza.
“If the court’s authority is eroded that what will be left,” Justice Sheikh, had wondered.
Early on April 24, three-member bench heard the case in which Daniyal Aziz took a stance that he worked for the freedom of judiciary throughout his life and denied the contempt allegations against him.
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The defence lawyer, during the hearing, presented a private TV channel’s video in front of the witness in the court. He asked the witness that “is the private news channel’s footage edited? Can you tell the date, place and time of the footage?”
The witness said that the footage was made on December 19 in Punjab House. Daniyal’s counsel questioned whether the video was captured during a private event.
“Can you tell if Daniyal or other person requested for coverage of the event?” To this, the witness replied in negative.
The PML-N leader has been issued a party ticket to contest the upcoming general election from NA-77, Narowal-I.
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