AJK minister gets contempt notice from SC.

MUZAFFARABAD -- Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) supreme court Wednesday issued a contempt notice to minister Law and parliamentary affairs Sardar Fahim Akhtar for making a telephone call to Chief Justice of the apex court to appear in person.

According to press release, the chief justice (CJ) was on his way to offer condolence with former chief justice of the apex court Azam Khan on demise of her sister when he received a call of personal assistant (PA) to minister and after keeping the CJ on hold, the minister came on line requesting him to call a meeting of the secretaries of the political parties.

The chief justice felt that apparently this indecent act of the minister was contemptuous and amount to undermine his authority as he had nothing to do with the meeting of secretaries of the...

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