LHC moved against Shahbaz on court contempt charge

A contempt of court petition has been lodged at Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench against Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif on Friday.

Petitioner Asad Abbasi said Punjab CM, during a seminar in Lahore, leveled corruption charges against all judges, politicians and army generals, adding it was contempt of court to accuse judges as corrupt. The petitioner pleaded the court to call Shahbaz Sharif to the court and initiate contempt of court proceedings against him under Article-14 of the Constitution