ISLAMABAD: The Election Commissioner of Pakistan (ECP) has sought a reply from Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan in the contempt case.
A two-member commission headed by the acting chief election commissioner (CEC) resumed the hearing of a complaint against the contemptuous statement by Firdous. The complainant Khalid Mehmood also appeared before the commission, however, no representative shown up from the Awan’s side.
Khalid Mehmood said all evidences have been submitted to the ECP office.
ECP member from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Justice (r) Irshad Qaiser said the stance was adopted that the statement was a deliberate act.
He added that she had also delivered negative statements against the chief justice as the high court had also confirmed her statement as contemptuous in its written verdict.
Acting CEC Justice (r) Altaf Ibrahim Qureshi remarked that all people are well-aware of statements by the political leaders against the institutions from 2013. He added that attempts were being made to declare the institutions controversial.
Later, the commission issued a notice to Firdous Ashiq Awan and sought a reply from her.
The hearing was adjourned till February 3.
