ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has adjourned the hearing of a contempt case against Special Assistant to PM on Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan for 7 days.
A two-member commission headed by acting Chief Election Commissioner Altaf Ibrahim Qureshi heard the case.
Lawyers representing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) also appeared in the hearing.
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The acting CEC asked the submission of the required details to carry on proceedings in the petition.
The lawyer said that the petitioner wanted to make PEMRA a party in the contempt case.
PTI lawyer argued that the petitioner has not mentioned the complete reasons for filing the case.
The ECP commission asked the PML-N lawyer to provide more particular and adjourned the hearing till 16th December.
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The petition has been filed against Awan over her tweet posted on 23rd November, in which she claimed that opposition parties have threatened the ECP.
In a tweet, she wrote, “These are the same “elements” that made criticized the electoral body for the failure of the result transmission system and not releasing Form 45 during the general elections in 2018.”
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