Re: Free Judiciary and Media; Reality or Delusion?
As for contempt of court:
People need to be a little more educated about the subject. The practise in Pakistani judiciary is that if the person who indulged in contempt of court apologizes unconditionally, the court accepts their apology and lets them go. That is what happened when Islamabad commissioner and deputy commissioner were let off when they apologized for mishandling CJ. Similarly Munir was let off after he tendered a written apology.
As for CJ being vindictive, the argument has no legs to stand on.
one: if he wanted to, he could haul the commissioner and deputy commissioner back to the court and send them off to jail. He did not.
two: someone filed a contempt petition against Sheikh Rasheed and Pervez Elahi for using bad lingo against the CJ during the reference days. CJ refused to hear the petition and threw it out.
if Sher Afgan apologizes, he'll go home without a scratch. So people, before going on a rant against the CJ, get ur facts straight.