Summary Attorney General also requests the court to segregate Secretary Defence from the case.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Supreme Court has stopped proceeding of contempt of court case against Secretary of Defence till November 18.
Larger bench of the apex court resumed hearing of contempt case against Secretary Defene against whom Asif Yasin Malik’s counsel Iftikhar Gilani submitted the record of parliamentary discussion regarding election in Cantonment Boards.
He argued that the prime minister is authorized to approve elections in the Cantonment Board. He added that Secretary Defence has already sought an apology from the court; despite this, he is being indicted in the aforesaid case.
He also requested the court to declare the decision of indictment as null and void.
Attorney General Muneer A Malik also moved a petition in the apex court, with the request to segregate Secretary Defence from the case as he had submitted an affidavit in the court in consultation with him but unfortunately it could not be implemented in true spirit.
He argued that under such situation, there is no justification of prosecution against the secretary defence.
