LHC bins contempt plea against Maryam Nawaz Sharif

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday rejected a contempt of court appeal against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz senior vice president Maryam Nawaz Sharif, ARY News reported.

According to details, the hearing of the intra-court appeal for contempt of court proceedings against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz senior vice president Maryam Nawaz was heard by a two-member bench of Lahore High Court (LHC) headed by Justice Ali Baqir Najafi.

The plea was moved against the PML-N leader over her anti-judiciary remarks.

At the outset of today’s hearing, the lawyer of the plaintiff requested the court to withdraw the appeal. The court on the basis of the withdrawal of the contempt of court plea, dismissed it.

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Earlier, the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz chief organiser Maryam Nawaz Sharif questioned the judiciary’s ‘leniency’ towards the former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan.

The PML-N leader lambasted the five-member ‘Panama bench’, disqualified her father, alleging: “The five notorious judges disliked Nawaz and sought revenge from him.”

It is pertinent to mention here that a petition was filed against the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) chief organiser Maryam Nawaz Sharif for the contempt proceedings for her anti-judiciary remarks.