The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Saturday disposed of a petition filed by former chief minister Shahbaz Sharif against a TV advertisement being run by Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) after the former chief minister faced a barrage of arguments by PPP lawyers.
The court also withdrew the interim order for withholding display of the advertisement that had been the cause of the dispute in courts.
According to details, a three-member bench of the LHC took up the petition for hearing. PPP General Secretary Latif Khosa and Aitzaz Ahsan appeared in the court for the hearing.
Both Khosa and Ahsan opposed the interim order granted by the court for preventing the screening of the advertisement.
They argued that the Supreme Court (SC) had already accepted the telephonic conversation as evidence and there was no harm in making it public. They further said that no legal limit had been placed on its screening.
Furthermore, they argued that the issue of receiving of money by Sharif brothers from Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) had also been mentioned in SC decision in the Asghar Khan case. They said that in the light of the SC ruling, proceedings could be initiated against them and they could be barred from contesting in elections.
When the court sought a reply from Shahbaz Sharif’s lawyer to counter arguments made by the PPP lawyers, he said that relief had been provided to them and withdrew the petition. Subsequently, the LHC disposed of the case.