ECP Defers Verdict in Imran Khan contempt of Court Case to Oct 12

the election commission of pakistan (ecp) on wednesday deferred its decision within the contempt of court case filed in opposition to pakistan tehreek-i-insaf (pti) leader imran khan to october 12.

a four-member bench headed through leader election commissioner (cec) retired justice sardar muhammad raza asked pti suggest shahid gondal approximately the repute of the petition filed with the aid of the birthday party within the islamabad high court docket (ihc) in opposition to ecp’s judgement concerning the maintainability of the contempt petition.

the pti recommend informed the bench that the high court docket had adjourned listening to of the petition till october eleven. however, the election commissioner remarked that the bench had now not acquired a copy of the ihc order as yet.

the bench in the end adjourned the hearing of the contempt petition till october 12.

"we will issue our decision if the islamabad high court docket does not decide the case with the aid of october 12," cec raza remarked.


the contempt petition towards khan have been moved with the aid of founding member of the pti, akbar s. babar, after the ecp located the birthday celebration’s petition in search of assessment of the fee’s order requiring it to post economic documents inside the overseas funding case as contemptuous, accompanied with the aid of its instant withdrawal, apology tendered by way of his junior counsel saqlain haider, and imran khan saying that his suggest had tendered apology in his private capacity. a formal contempt word were issued to khan on august 24.

at some stage in monday's hearing, the pti chief sooner or later owned the unconditional apology tendered via his suggest to the ecp in january — a week before the contempt petition become filed towards him.

“the answering respondent reiterates his position in advance taken before this fee. the answering respondent holds the institute of the election commission of pakistan in excessive esteem and believes in supremacy of ... constitutional boards,” khan stated in a written respond submitted to the ecp.














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