Chief Justice Takes Suo Motu Notice of LHC Ban on Nawaz Sharif’s Anti-Judiciary Speeches






ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Saqib Nisar has taken a suo motu notice on Lahore High Court’s decision regarding banning transmission of anti-judiciary speeches by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and leaders of their party, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz.

A hearing on the notice would be held today at 1pm, for which notice has been sent to Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) while record of the suo motu notice has also been sought.A day earlier, LHC gave the decision on over two dozen petitions filed against 'anti-judiciary' speeches by Nawaz, Maryam, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and other party leaders. The court ordered Pemrato decide on the petitions in 15 days and until that time refrain from airing any contemptuous remarks.

Justice Mazahir Ali Naqvi, who headed a three-member full bench, also ruled that the court will personally monitor Pemra’s conduct in the next two weeks to see how it implements the court's order.More than a dozen petitions had been filed in the LHC contending that the PML-N leadership had been making derogatory speeches against Supreme Court judges since the verdict of Nawaz’s disqualification in the Panama Papers case last year.

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