The Supreme Court on Thursday granted two weeks to the top police officer of the Islamabad to show tangible progress in the anti-judiciary banners case.
Appearing before a three-member bench of Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan in a suo motu case of display of anti-judiciary banners, Inspector General Police (IGP) Tahir Alam informed that Police have apprehended an accused Arshad and have also entered more sections of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) while constituting case against him.
Alam further said that Arshad admitted after the police investigation that he displayed anti-judiciary banners particularly against the sitting judge of the apex court Justice Jawwad S Khawaja, soon after watching programme of a private channel (not Aaj News).
The Police chief submitted that Islamabad High Court has granted bail to the anchorperson of that TV channel in the matter, and he was not investigated yet to which Justice Ijaz Afzal said whether the IHC order was more significant than the Supreme Court of Pakistan's.
Expressing dissatisfaction over a report submitted before the bench in pursuance of the court's earlier directives, the bench said that a lacklustre performance of the concerned police official to carry out investigation shows his least interest to investigate the matter.
The IGP submitted that police was facing difficulties to establish abetment charges in the current matter; to which Justice Afzal observed why a secret agency would be interested to display anti-judiciary banners in Islamabad particularly against a sitting judge of the Supreme Court.
Justice Afzal said that it has nothing to do with wisdom that an illiterate man (Arshad) should display anti-judiciary banners in the city. He hinted at initiating contempt proceedings against Alam if he failed to investigate the matter in accordance with law. The hearing of matter was adjourned for two weeks.
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