ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Privatisation Daniyal Aziz on Friday sought to satisfy a three-member Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Azmat Saeed that he had not committed contempt of the court, claiming that an Urdu daily had misquoted him, however the court rejected his assertions. The bench asked Aziz to submit video clips of his speech aired on different news channels. Aziz’s lawyer Ali Raza asked the court to provide his client with the video of the speech over which he had been accused of contempt. The bench complied by ordering the additional attorney general to provide Aziz with the video along with a news report published in the Daily Dunya newspaper. The SC had served Aziz a contempt of court notice earlier this month for his “anti-judiciary” speech.

Source: Pakistan Today February 23, 2018 06:00 UTC