F.P. Report
ISLAMABAD: State Minister for Interior, Tallal Chaudhry has said that only people have the right to decide the fate of elected members and they have the power to give the disqualification to them.
State minister said while talking to reporters outside the Supreme Court after the hearing of a contempt of court case against him on Friday.
As the hearing begins, Kamran Murtaz, counsel of Interior Minister requested the apex court to adjourn the hearing until Monday, which was approved.
A three-member bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan, is hearing the contempt of court case against Chaudry.
The apex court had initiated contempt proceedings against Chaudry on account of “derogatory and contemptuous speeches/statements” with regard to the court, according to a notification issued on February 2.
Chaudry has been indicted in the case and has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
