ISLAMABAD: On Tuesday, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) petitioned the Supreme Court, pleading with the high court to reverse the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) stay decision against the electoral watchdog’s contempt notices to PTI Chairman Imran Khan and other party officials.
Asad Umar, Fawad Chaudhry, and Khan had received notifications from the ECP on August 19 for making “contemptuous” comments about the election watchdog. In its notices, the ECP said that in his addresses on July 18, 21, 27, August 4, and 10, the former premier made “baseless claims” against the ECP and its chief.The contempt notices issued by the ECP to the PTI leaders were suspended on September 2 by the Rawalpindi bench of the LHC.
