“You [Khan] have willfully and intentionally scandalised, ridiculed, and maligned this commission and the members of the commission in order to bring the commission and its members into hatred in eyes of general public, which otherwise is an attempt to prejudice.”
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top election body on Friday issued a contempt notice to former prime minister Imran Khan for using ‘intemperate and contemptuous remarks’ against the poll watchdog in recent his political speeches.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) also served notices to PTI’s former ministers including Asad Umer and Fawad Chaudhry and directed them to appear in person or through counsel before the commission office on August 30.
The ECP issued two notices to Khan and one each to Chaudhry and Umar.
The poll body accused the PIT chief of leveling baseless allegations at the ECP and its chief in his addresses both in the month of July and August.
Former PM Khan and his supporters have has repeatedly demanded Chief Election Commissioner Sikander Sultan Raja resign.
At a public address following his triumph in the bye-elections n Punjab province, Khan said the CEC tried its best to turn the polls in favour of Shehbaz Sharif’s PML-N.
“I am disappointed in the chief election commissioner. How could he let all this happen? He is not competent to run [the Election Commission of Pakistan] and is biased towards a political party. Raja should immediately resign.”
The election body found the remarks derogatory and in contempt under “Section 10 of the Elections Act, 2017 read with relevant provisions of the Contempt Of Court Ordinance, 2003”.
The ECP notice reads: “you [Khan] have willfully and intentionally scandalised, ridiculed, and maligned this commission and the members of the commission in order to bring the commission and its members into hatred in eyes of the general public, which otherwise is an attempt to prejudice.”
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