Lahore High Court Chief Justice Mamoon Rashid Sheikh on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking contempt proceedings against Prime Minister Imran Khan for his alleged anti-judiciary speech.

A citizen namely Tahir Maqsood contended that the Prime Minister tried to make cases pending against opposition leaders prejudice by delivering the speech in question. He said the Prime Minster criticized the senior judges of the Supreme Court which amounted to contempt of court.

The petitioner pointed out that the SC had in 2013 issued a contempt notice to Imran Khan for his anti-judiciary rants. He asked the court to summon PM Khan in person, disqualify him and order the election commission to denotify him as member of the National Assembly.