Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday rejected the reply of former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan submitted in contempt of court case.
A five-member bench, comprising IHC Chief Justice (CJ) Athar Minallah, Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani, Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb, Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri and Justice Babar Sattar, took up the contempt case against the former PM.
Pronouncing the verdict, the IHC stated that PTI chairman Imran Khan will be indicted in contempt case on September 22. During the proceedings, IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah remarked that Imran Khan’s response to the court’s show-cause notice seemingly justified contempt of the judiciary as the submitted answers showed “no remorse or regret”.
Imran Khan appeared before the IHC earlier today pertaining to a contempt case filed against him for allegedly making threatening remarks about Additional Sessions Judge, Islamabad, Zeba Chaudhry.
On Wednesday, the former premier submitted a second reply to IHC after the court termed his first response “unsatisfactory.”