PM Gilani contempt case hearing adjourned till Feb 28

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan resumed the hearing of the contempt of the court case against Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani on Wednesday.

Attorney General (AG) Maulvi Anwar-ul-Haq submitted the documentary evidence.

During Wednesday's proceedings, AG’s statement was also recorded while he presented the attested copies of the NRO verdict as one of the proofs.

A seven-member bench of the apex court headed by Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk and comprising of Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany, Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan, Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry, Justice Gulzar Ahmed and Justice Muhammad Ather Saeed would examine the proofs submitted by the Attorney General against the prime minister.

The hearing was adjourned till February 28.

It is worth mentioning here that on February 16, Attorney General submitted four volumes of documentary evidence before the Supreme Court in the prime minister’s contempt of court case.