Opposing the new contempt of court law passed by the National Assembly, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday said the nation had been divided through the legislation, adding that the law was in violation of the Holy Quran and Hadith. Addressing a press conference flanked by Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Hamid Khan on Tuesday, the PTI chief said the new bill aimed at protecting new Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf. He said the government wanted to provide cover to its members so that they could plunder the national wealth and use it in the next general election. The government wanted its ministers to keep looting the country and the make the court unable to apprehend them, he added. He said the government would make noise on the pretext of democracy being in jeopardy if the court took action against their corruption. Khan said he wanted to tell the courts that they must strike down the “discriminative” law of contempt
of court.
Contempt of court bill against Quran and Hadith: Imran
