ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday dismissed a contempt petition filed against PPP leader Aitzaz Ahsan by PML-N’s Captain (retd) Mohammad Safdar and said the remarks by Aitzaz were “unimportant”.
Safdar had filed a petition against former PPP senator Aitzaz after he alleged that the establishment manipulated the acquittal of the Sharif family in the cases of corruption against them. Safdar, in his petition, had requested the IHC to initiate contempt proceedings.
At the outset of the hearing, the petitioner informed the IHC about the controversial statement, to which IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah asked if the petitioner had confidence in the court and if he believed others could influence it.
The counsel for Safdar replied that they had full confidence in the court.
Justice Minallah asked why were they “unnecessarily” giving importance to such statements. He added that remarks such as Aitzaz’s were made daily and that a lot was said regularly on vlogs.
“There are also cases of misreporting. People are doing whatever they want, however, the solution is not contempt of court,” he furthered.
Safdar told the court that Aitzaz, who has been a lawyer for 40 years, had claimed that the establishment had freed the Sharif family from the corruption cases against them. Safdar maintained that in the future, opponents of the PML-N would use this clip to allege that someone was involved in the acquittal of the Sharif family. –Agencies
