A full bench of the Lahore High Court issued notices to former Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif and journalist Cyril Almeida for September 10 in a petition against Nawaz Sharif for maligning the state institutions in his interview. The petitioner also pleaded against Shahid Khaqan Abbasi for misleading the meeting minutes of National Security Council (NSC).
Earlier Khaqan appeared before the court and prayed to adjourn hearing of the case for a date after the July 25 general election, which the court allowed accordingly. The court praised Abbasi for attending the proceedings despite receiving no formal notice.
Amina Malik had filed a petition pleading that former premier Nawaz Sharif on May 11, 2018 during his interview to an English newspaper gave a statement that "those who attacked at a hotel in Mumbai were actually belonged to Pakistan." The petitioner said a meeting of the National Security Council held to discuss the 'misleading' statement of Nawaz Sharif. Abbasi met Nawaz Sharif and conveyed to him the concerns of the military leadership and minutes of the meeting.
She said the act of Abbasi was a clear violation of his oath and committed sedition by rejecting the statement of the NSC.