Court Instructs police officers guilty of contempt of court to respond to show-cause notices

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00:00And the news is that Sargodha has been convicted of an unfortunate incident with the ATC judge.

00:05Lahore High Court has requested the Prime Minister for an appeal.

00:09Abid Khan will inform us about this.

00:11Tell us, Abid.

00:12Yes, absolutely. Justice Shahid Kareem has been convicted of an unfortunate incident with the ATC Sargodha.

00:18And the court has requested the Prime Minister for an appeal.

00:22The lawyer of the loyal government told the court that the Prime Minister is out of the country.

00:26This is why he was not able to carry out his orders.

00:30The court did not issue a show-card notice on the police officers.

00:37The lawyer of the loyal government said that the officers are apologizing to the court.

00:41However, the court has asked for a written answer.

00:44After the written answer, it will be seen whether they will be forgiven or not.

00:50The court has also remarked that it will be seen what action can be taken under Article 199.

00:56The lawyer of the loyal government told the court that according to the law,

00:59the action of the court can be brought into effect.

01:02The court has now postponed the hearing of this case until the second week of August.

01:06The IG of Punjab has requested for a report on the actions of the police officers.

01:15The court has also requested the Prime Minister for a report on the actions of the police officers.