' Contempt' Lands Imran In Hot Waters.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan Tehreek-e-InAsaf (PTI) chairman ImAran Khan is now in seArious trouble after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) decided to inAdict him in contempt of court proceedings for giving controversial reAmarks against a female judge of the Islamabad district judiciary. Though nobody can guess what would be the fate of this much-hyped case, it is crystal clear that these legal proceedings pose a serious threat to the political career of cricketAer-turned politician at a time when he is riding a tide of popularity. For PTI chief, the conviction in this case means disqualification from holding any pubAlic office for five years. Before this, the Supreme Court had disqualified the then sitting prime minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani for five years in a contempt of court case against him in 2012. In response to...

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