ECP summons Imran on 23rd in contempt case.

ISLAMABAD -- The ElAAeAAAction Commission of PakAAistan (ECP) on TuesAday summoned PTI ChairAman Imran Khan to appAear before it in person on May 23 in a case pertaining to contempt of the commission and its head.

A four-member bench, headed by ECP member from Sindh, Nisar Durrani, heard the case.

The ECP member from Balochistan during the conAtempt proceedings said Mr Khan had been given last chance at the previoAus hearing to appear before the commission but he did not appear even afterwards. He recalled that summons had been issued to him. He asked why they should not issue a bailable arrest warrant for the party chairman after his failure to appear before the commission in contempt proceedings.

During the proceedings against Mr Khan and senior PTI leaders Fawad ChaAuAAAdhry and Asad Umar, the assistant couAnsel told the ECP member that the ex-premier had to appear before the Lahore High Court (LHC) that later in the day granted him bail in May 9 violence case.

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Lawyer Anwar ManAsAoAAor Khan, counsel for Asad Umar, asked the ECP to let the hearing at the SinAdh High Court complete. 'The objections raised before the ECP are the same as those being heard by the court,' he argued.

When the assistant counsel said Mr Khan's lawyer Faisal Chaudhary would appear and present arguments, the ECP member from Khyber PakhtAuAnkhwa told him to contact Mr Chaudhary and ask when he would come. ECP member from Sindh Nisar Durrani said the counsel should at least give arguments on the objections of Mr Umar as the high...