The Supreme Court of Pakistan will resume hearing March 6 in a petition submitted by former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani against his disqualification.
A three-member bench of the apex court led by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry would hear the case.
In April last year, a seven-member bench of the supreme court headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa had handed out a symbolic punishment to then prime minister Gilani.
Later, a three member bench of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry upheld the court’s earlier decision and Gilani was removed from office, making him the first ever chief executive to be removed for committing contempt.
The conviction had not only left Gilani disqualified as prime minister, but also disqualified him from contesting polls.
The former prime minister had filed an appeal on February 2 this year against the apex court’s ruling in the contempt case that barred him from contesting elections and holding any public office for five years.
