Babar Awan indicted, refuses to accept verdict
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan indicted former law minister Babar Awan on charges of contempt of court on Thursday, Express News reported.
Awan, however, refused to accept the verdict. “No law on contempt of court exists in the country,” said Awan.
The hearing was conducted by a three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.
Earlier, Awan had tendered an unconditional apology to the court, whereas the chief justice said that the apology letter was a confession of crime by Awan.
The former law minister was prosecuted for contempt of court adjudication after he criticised an apex court verdict handed down on December 1, 2011, pertaining to the formation of a judicial commission to probe the Memogate scandal.
Thanx to AG Irfran Qadir, we now know that no law exists in the country under which one can be prosecuted for contempt of courts. Babar Awan has decided to benefit from the loophole and has declared that since there is no such rule, the proceedings against him are unlawful.
KaheiN aesa na ho ke ulta Supreme Court par hi ‘contempt of law’ ka parcha ho jaey :hmmm:
