LHC suspends Imran, Fawad Chaudhry's arrest warrants in ECP contempt case.

LAHORE -- The Lahore High Court (LHC) Monday suspended the bailable arrest warrants of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) top leaders - Imran Khan and Fawad Chaudhry - in the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) contempt case.

LHC's three-member Rawalpindi bench - comprising Justice Chaudhry Abdul Aziz, Justice Sadaqat Ali Khan, and Justice Mirza Waqas Rauf - issued the verdict on a petition filed against the ECP's decision.

The court ordered the election commission to continue the proceedings within its jurisdiction as the LHC would not interfere in the proceedings of the electoral body.

The court said that the decision of the election commission can be challenged by any of the parties. After the ECP's decision, the petitioners can approach the court, it added.

The election commission had last Tuesday issued bailable arrest warrants for the two PTI leaders in the case...

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