ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) ended on Friday the contempt proceedings against judges who had taken oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) in 2007.
The then president General (R) Parvez Musharraf after imposing a state of emergency and suspending the Constitution on Nov 3, 2007 issued a PCO under which judges swore a new oath of allegiance.
Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar heading a four-member larger bench gave the order while hearing the contempt case against 14 judges who had taken oath under the PCO.During the hearing, the chief justice remarked that former Lahore High Court chief justice Iftikhar Hussain Chaudhry had passed away and the entire matter was now around 10 to 11 years old.
01-13-2018, 07:23 AM
SC ends contempt case against PCO judges
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