The Apex Court has convicted Daniyal Aziz in the contempt proceedings on Thursday and sentenced him till the rising of Court.
According to the verdict, Daniyal Aziz has been disqualified to fight general polls of 2018,
At the last hearing of the case on May 3, when the decision was reserved, prosecutor Rana Waqar had argued that Aziz’s remarks were an attack on the system of justice.Waqar had informed the bench that Aziz had termed ‘scripted’ Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leaders’ Imran Khan’s acquittal and Jahangir Tareen’s disqualification by the apex court and stated that the monitoring judge of the Supreme Court orchestrated the corruption references against Nawaz and his family.Aziz had also produced witnesses in his defence during the trial and was represented by senior lawyer Ali Raza.
“If the court’s authority is eroded that what will be left,” Justice Sheikh, had wondered.
The PML-N’s stalwart was served with contempt notice on Feb-2 over his controversial speeches against judiciary during various TV talk shows.
On February 23, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Leader Daniyal Aziz appeared before the Supreme Court of Pakistan bench hearing contempt notice case against him.
