- A two-member bench will hear case on August 15.
- Justice Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi will also part of bench.
- A contempt petition was filed against him on May 2,2018.
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court(SC) has fixed the contempt petition against former Federal Minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) General Secretary Ahsan Iqbal for hearing.
A two-member bench headed by the Chief Justice will hear the case on August 15 and Justice Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi will also be a part of the bench.
On May 2, 2018, a contempt of court petition was filed against former interior minister Ahsan Iqbal.
In the petition, contempt of court action was requested against the interior minister for making an anti-judiciary statement.
In the petition, it was requested to disqualify Ahsan Iqbal under Articles 63 and 62 of the Constitution.
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Earlier, Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday declared (Review of Judgments and Orders) Act 2023 null and void.
The Supreme Court had reserved its verdict on a set of pleas challenging the recently-enacted SC (Review of Judgments and Orders) Act 2023 and today the SC declared the petitions against the Review Act admissible.