LHC chief justice summons Punjab IGP in contempt plea
Chief Justice Aalia Neelum was hearing a petition filed by Mian Muhammad Jamil against personnel of Lahore's Chung police.
Lahore High Court Chief Justice Aalia Neelum on Wednesday summoned Punjab Inspector General of Police Rao Abdul Kareem in a contempt of court petition against personnel of the Chung police, Dawn reported.
The chief justice was hearing a petition filed by citizen Mian Muhammad Jamil. Superintendent of Police Abdullah appeared before the court on behalf of the Chung police.
Advocate Shahbaz Bhatti, the petitioner's counsel, told the court that a single bench of the high court had suspended a 2021 order by a sessions court directing the registration of a first information report. The report did not state what the FIR concerned or when the police chief has been asked to appear.
The summons came during proceedings in which the petitioner has alleged contempt by officers of the Chung police station in Lahore. No further details of the case were immediately available.
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