LHC suspends ECP’s arrest warrants for Imran Khan, Asad Umar, Fawad Chaudhry

• Arrest warrants issued by  Election Commission of Pakistan against Imran Khan, Fawad Chaudhry, Asad Umar.
• On Monday, Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi Bench suspended the bailable arrest warrants.
• Justice Sadaqat Ali Khan delayed the warrants after hearing the PTI leaders’ appeal.

RAWALPINDI: On Monday, the Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi Bench suspended the bailable arrest warrants issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan against Imran Khan, senior vice president Fawad Chaudhry, and party secretary general Asad Umar.

Justice Sadaqat Ali Khan delayed the warrants after hearing the PTI leaders’ appeal against the arrest warrants. The ECP’s four-member panel issued the warrants last week, and today the PTI leaders contested them.

The court ordered the ECP to continue its contempt proceedings against the PTI leaders even if it postponed the warrants.

The judge made a comment during the hearing that PTI asks the judiciary for assistance yet targets them in the media. “Media criticism of the judiciary constitutes contempt of court. Contempt of court proceedings would be initiated if Fawad Chaudhry criticizes the courts in the media “the court was warned.

Justice Khan mentioned that Fawad blamed the media for corruption in an interview with a global station. Additionally, he advised the PTI leader’s attorney that although the court was currently providing him with relief, his client should not place all the burden on the courts.

Justice Khan said, “Enough is enough, the court will no longer exercise restraint.”

Following the ECP’s judgement last week, PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry declared that he would appeal the warrants to the high court and accuse the ECP of being in contempt of court.

الیکشن کمیشن کا قابل ضمانت وارنٹ جاری کرنے کا فیصلہ ہائیکورٹ کے فیصلے کی توہین ہے، کیس کی تاریخ 17 جنوری گھی جس کو رولز کے خلاف آج مقرر کرکے فیصلہ دیا گیا یہ الیکشن کمیشن کے ان بونے ممبران کا ایک اور جانبدار فیصلہ ہے، اس فیصلے کے خلاف ہائیکورٹ میں توھین عدالت کا مقدمہ کریں گے

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) January 10, 2023

Fawad stated that “ECP’s action to issue arrest warrants is in violation of the high court’s ruling.” He said that the verdict was revealed today in breach of the regulations even though the matter was supposed to be heard on January 17.

The PTI leader claimed that the ECP’s judgement was “biased.”

The Supreme Court had also given the electoral board permission to move through with contempt charges against Khan, Umar, and Fawad earlier this month.Due to various reasons, none of the three PTI leaders attended the case’s most recent hearing.

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