The Lahore High Court on Monday rejected a petition requesting a criminal case against Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah over his remarks against former Law Minister and Pakistan Peoples Party leader Babar Awan.
Lahore High Court Chief Justice Ijaz Chaudhry said Babar Awan should move the court himself if he has any reservation against Rana Sanaullah. Justice Chaudhry also said the petitioner is not the affected party in the case.
After the budget was announced on June 10, Sanaullah criticised Awan and Punjab Governor Khosa, calling them “black sheep in black coats”. Sanaullah claimed that Awan was a corrupt lawyer who accepts fees from “corrupt elements who looted the Bank of Punjab”.
He further added that Awan and Khosa are considered “obnoxious characters” within the lawyers community and they should be eliminated. Sanaullah had used the word Wajibul Qatl (liable to be killed) to describe Awan.
Advocate Ansar Mehmood, filed a petition in Lahore High Court and requested that Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah should be removed from his post and a case registered against him under the Criminal Procedure Code over his statement.
Sanaullah’s behaviour had caused an uproar in the Punjab Assembly and the Senate. The Senate had passed a resolution against him saying the provincial government must remove him from his post over his statements against Senator Babar Awan.
