ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will announce its decision in the contempt of court case against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on July 10. A four-member bench of ECP headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sardar Muhammad Raza, heard the case on Tuesday. In the hearing, Imran again failed to submit his fresh reply in the case while his counsel, Shahid Gondal, sought more time. He added that Kaptaan did not appear before the ECP because he was in Chitral. Gondal told the commission that PTI’s new counsel Babar Awan will file Imran Khan’s fresh reply in the case. He said, “The reply is no more required. The ECP will announce its decision on next hearing on July 10.” In May this year, the ECP had rejected Khan’s response in which he had submitted that the matter of contempt of court is actually a case of misunderstanding. However, the CEC responded that that Khan should apologise.
Published in Daily Times, July 5th , 2017.
