Threats to Justice Isa: SC issues contempt of court notice to Iftikhar-ud-Din Mirza.

ISLAMABAD -- The Supreme Court of Pakistan turned down an unconditional apology submitted by Maulvi Iftikhar-ud-Din Mirza for threatening Justice Isa and slandering the judiciary, issuing a contempt of court notice to him on Thursday.

The two-member bench, presided over by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed, heard the case today in which the attorney general and the lawyer representing Mirza appeared before the court.

Mirza's lawyer told the court that his client has apologised unconditionally for using derogatory language to which Justice Ajaz-ul-Ahsan said that the court does not have a copy of the apology letter.

'The words which were used, can they be used (against judiciary)? How can we accept an apology in such a case?' he remarked, adding that the report has been filed with the Federal Investigation Agency.

Justice Ahsan said that according to the AG, the case terrorism and criminal charges can be included in the case, adding that there is no point in submitting a written apology.

During the case's proceedings, the chief justice told Mirza's lawyer that his client should be sent to jail...