RAWALPINDI: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday sought response from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Asad Umar for his diatribe against the judiciary in his Nov 26 speech at his party’s Rawalpindi power show. Justice Jawad Hassan of LHC s Rawalpindi bench heard the petition filed by an additional registrar of the Rawalpindi registry against the former planning minister. The Rawalpindi deputy commissioner, the CPO and Mr Umar’s lawyer Advocate Faisal Chaudhry appeared before the court. During the hearing, Justice Hassan remarked that the PTI leader used contemptuous words against the courts. Saying no one could make any institution or personality controversial under the Constitution, the judge remarked that the court had the authority to punish such elements. DNA
