ISLAMABAD
\nThe Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday asked Advocate Shoaib Shaheen, counsel for former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, to file a reply to the show-cause notice issued to his client in the contempt case, and the ECP would issue the order for his production.
\nA four-member bench, headed by Member Nisar Durrani, heard the case of indictment of the PTI chairman for making contemptuous remarks against the election commission as well as the chief election commissioner (CEC).
\nAdvocate Shaheen said that since Imran was in Adiala Jail; therefore his production order be issued so that he could appear before the bench.
\nMember Balochistan Shah Muhammad Jatoi asked Imran\u2019s counsel to file a reply to the show-cause notice first before the ECP could issue the production order.
\nJatoi asked Advocate Shaheen to say whatever he wanted to say in his client\u2019s defence.
\nMember Durrani then asked the advocate in which jail the PTI chairman was. \u201cWe write to the IGP for the provision of security to the former prime minister on his way to the ECP,\u201d the member said.
\nImran\u2019s lawyer said that the police did not produce his client in courts, citing security concerns.
\nMember Durrani remarked there was a time when the PTI chairman was reluctant to appear in the ECP. \u201cYou please issue the production order first so that he could come to the commission,\u201d Advocate Shaheen requested.
\nThe case\u2019s hearing was then adjourned until October 24.
\nRegretting that the courts had not issued former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan\u2019s production orders in any case as yet, former federal minister in the PTI government Asad Umar on Wednesday said that just like others, Imran should also be produced in courts so that he could defend himself.
\nSpeaking to the media outside the Election Commission of Pakistan\u2019s (ECP) office in Islamabad, he said that if the PTI awarded him a ticket, he would definitely contest the election.
\nFormer federal minister also demanded that the election schedule be announced as soon as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday asked Advocate Shoaib Shaheen, counsel for former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, to file a reply to the show-cause notice issued to his client in the contempt case, and the ECP would issue the order for his production. A four-member bench, headed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316370,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-361062","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n