{"id":9166,"date":"2020-07-20T14:30:41","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T09:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pakistanpressfoundation.org\/?p=99402"},"modified":"2020-07-20T14:30:41","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T09:30:41","slug":"sc-to-hear-contempt-case-against-journalist-over-derogatory-tweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanfoemonitor.org\/sc-to-hear-contempt-case-against-journalist-over-derogatory-tweet\/","title":{"rendered":"SC to hear contempt case against journalist over \u2018derogatory\u2019 tweet"},"content":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD:<\/strong>\u00a0The Supreme Court will hear a contempt of court case against journalist Matiullah Jan\u00a0over his alleged derogatory tweet against the court and its judges.<\/p>\n The tweet in question had claimed that former president Ziaul Haq hanged ousted premier Zulfiqar Bhutto through former\u2019s \u201ctout judges\u201d.<\/p>\n A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed and comprising Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel will conduct the hearing.<\/p>\n The court also issued notices to the Attorney General of Pakistan Khalid Jawed Khan and Supreme Court Bar Association President Syed Qalb-e-Hasan as amicus curiae.<\/p>\n