KARACHI, Oct 8: The Sindh High Court issued a show-cause notice to Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim on Monday asking why he should not be proceeded against for contempt for his reported statement justifying degrading remarks against its chief justice.

The chief minister was reported to have said that “banners and chalking against the Sindh High Court chief justice were a matter of public opinion”. The news report was carried by daily Kawish and the SHC registrar compiled a report and placed it before Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany.

The judge observed that the remarks prima facie amounted to contempt of court and converted the report into a criminal miscellaneous application.

A five-member bench comprising Justice Osmany, Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, Justice Mushir Alam, Justice Mohammad Moosa K. Leghari and Justice Zia Pervez was constituted to conduct preliminary hearing of the application on October 18. —Staff Reporter