The Supreme Court of Pakistan will resume hearing of Imran Khan contempt case today (Wednesday August 28, 2013).
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday submitted a detailed reply in SC in which he insisted that the word “Sharamnak” was not abusive and he did not use it for the judiciary.
The reply comprising 21 pages submitted by Imran Khan through his counsels including Muhammad Anwar Qazi, Ahmed Awais, Shamsa Ali and Muhammad Waqar Rana requested the court to discharge the contempt notice issued to him on July 26, saying that he had not committed contempt.
The PTI chief contended that the word “Sharamnak”, used by him during his press conference of July 26, was never meant to be an abuse to anyone, not even for the DROs and ROs.
“It was not used in its literal sense or connotation but it was rather used in the sense or context of unbecoming and it is humbly submitted that it may kindly be so construed,” the counsels for the PTI chief contended.
The court had issued a contempt notice to Imran Khan for his critical remarks regarding the judiciary.
Earlier, on August 2, a three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, rejected Imran Khan’s rejoinder submitted in the contempt case and ordered him to submit his detailed statement by August 28.
