LAHORE: A Lahore High Court division bench on Wednesday dismissed as withdrawn an intra court appeal (ICA) seeking contempt proceedings against PML-N chief organiser Maryam Nawaz, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, Law Minister Azam Nazir Tarar and former prime minister Imran Khan for their alleged campaign against the institution of judiciary.

Advocate Shahid Rana, the appellant, also challenged the dismissal of his writ petition by a single bench.

However, a counsel for the lawyer told the bench that his client wanted to withdraw the appeal to agitate the matter before the Supreme Court.

The bench headed by Justice Ali Baqar Najafi allowed the request and dismissed the ICA as withdrawn.

The lawyer had contended that Maryam Nawaz in her speeches at six instances including a public meeting in Sargodha used ‘contemptuous’ words against the judges of the apex court. He said all the television channels broadcast and the print media published the speech of the respondent.

He said the law minister and other leaders of the PML-N were also present at the meeting. He asked the court to punish Ms Nawaz and Tarar for committing contempt under the law.

Published in Dawn, April 6th, 2023