ISLAMABAD (Daily Pakistan Online): The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has summoned former Chief Justice of Gilgit-Baltistan Rana Shamim and the owner of the newspaper on December 13, declaring the response of all parties as unsatisfactory.
According to details, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has issued a written order for hearing of contempt of court case against former chief judge Rana Shamim, a journalist on December 7. Given this, the court order said that why not indict all the parties for baseless affidavits and false news.
The court order said that the affidavit mentioned the name of a judge who was on leave abroad. At the moment, there is no goodwill behind the affidavit.
The court order said that Rana Shamim in his reply clearly stated that the affidavit was not given to the newspaper, an attempt was made to give the impression that the affidavit was leaked by Notary Public London. It has become necessary for Rana Shamim to present the original affidavit. Rana Shamim is given one last chance to fulfill the requirements of justice.
