Babar Awan’s indictment hearing adjourned till April 2
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012 10:30:19 by News Pakistan Admin
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan adjourned former law minister Babar Awan’s indictment hearing till April 2, 2012.
A two-member bench, comprising Justice Ejaz Afzal and Justice Athar Saeed was hearing the case, in which Awan prayed to the court that his counsel was busy with engagements in Lahore and that he will be leaving for India in a day or two, hence the hearing should be delayed.
Awan will be indicted for addressing a press conference against an apex court injunction passed on December 1, 2011 over the formation of a judicial commission to probe the Memogate scandal.
He had said that by ordering the Memogate probe, the apex court had denied the right of a bipartisan and bicameral parliamentary committee on national security to hold an inquiry into the scandal.
However, in his written reply submitted before the court through his lawyer Barrister Ali Zafar, Awan was keen to emphasise that he had no intention of criticising the judiciary.
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on Mar 20 2012. Filed under Latest News.
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