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Islamabad High Court (IHC) Reserves Verdict On Contempt Cases Against Firdous Ashiq Awan, Ghulam Sarwar
Faizan Hashmi Published November 14, 2019 | 05:43 PM
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday reserved its verdict in contempt of court cases against Special Assistant to PM on Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan and Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 14th Nov, 2019 ) :The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday reserved its verdict in contempt of court cases against Special Assistant to PM on Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan and Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan.
Chief Justice IHC Justice Athar Minallah heard both the cases and said that the verdict would be announced on November 25.
During the proceedings, Chief Justice Athar Minallah questioned the aviation minister for his comments against the medical board.
He asked the minister whether he realized what he said and why he went against the medical board.
Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan said that it was a political statement. Upon this, Justice Minallah asked the minister that he cannot give such statements as a Federal minister.
He said that the prime minister and his minister were saying two different things and added that the minister's statement fell under the category of contempt of court.
He asked Ghulam Sarwar Khan that he tried to cast doubts about a judicial decision.
The aviation minister responded that he only expressed doubt over the medical boards' decision to grant the former premier bail on medical grounds.
IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah said that the purpose of summoning the minister here was to make him understand.
Ghulam Sarwar offered an unconditional apology and said: "I apologise if my remarks have caused any pain to the court." "The court does not experience pain," the judge said and added "Court verdicts are recorded by the history." The court asked Ghulam Sarwar to submit whatever he wanted to say in writing. The minister responded: "I don't want to contest this case that is why I am offering an unconditional apology." Special assistant to PM on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan also appeared before the court forhearing of an identical case. The court reserved its verdict inthat case as well.
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