The apex court on Friday had summoned MQM chief Altaf Hussain to appear before it in person on Jan 7 and defend his statements against the judges.Prominent lawyer and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Senator Aitzaz Ahsan on Saturday advised Altaf Hussain to appear in court after the Supreme Court issued a contempt notice to the Muttahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief over “his contemptuous assertions against the judiciary”.However, whether the court’s order was right or wrong is another debate altogether.Speaking after the inauguration of an art exhibition in Lahore, the former Supreme Court Bar Association president said the judiciary should stay away from politics, and that the judges and politicians should both tend to their own responsibilities.“Prime facie, we are of the opinion that the language used is not only contemptuous but that he (Mr Hussain) advances threat which is tantamount to interference with and obstruction of the process of the court by advancing threats to the judges of the Supreme Court and it also tended to bring the Judges into hatred, ridicule and contempt,” said the court order dictated by the three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.Responding to the notice, Hussain had said the party’s response in this regard would be in accordance with the law and the Constitution. Hussain said he would respond to the contempt notice after consulting his legal advisers, appealing to his party’s members and supporters to refrain from taking the law into their hands.MQM is a key coalition member of the PPP-led government and is the largest political party in Karachi, Pakistan’s commercial capital.
Supreme Court announced the move after conviction Gilani on April 26 of contempt for refusing to request Switzerland to re-open an investigation in a corruption case several millions of dollars to President Asif Ali Zardari."Yousuf Raza Gilani has become disqualified from being a member of Parliament," said Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, and reading system.The "It's also no longer be Prime Minister of Pakistan with effect from the same date (April 26), and the prime minister's office to be vacant and accordingly.He added: "The Election Commission to issue a notice of disqualification ... and the President shall take the necessary steps under the Constitution to ensure the continuation of the democratic process through the parliamentary system of government in the country," he added.And heard the seat of three members, including Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Jawad Khawaja S. And Justice Khilji Arif Hussain group of petitions constitutional objection to the rule of President of the National Assembly Fehmida Mirza, a reference against Yousuf Raza Gilani.He was on the bench have been listening to a group of petitions filed by a Muslim Pakistan League Nawaz (PML-N), and Pakistan tehrek-e-insaf Azhar Chaudhry advocate and others challenging the speaker’s ruling of May 24 over the qualification issue.The matter of disqualification fell first to the speaker of parliament, Fehmida Mirza, a member of the main ruling Pakistan People’s Party, who on May 24 said conviction for contempt was not a charge that meant he should be disqualified under the constitution.Gilani subsequently decided not to appeal his conviction in a move interpreted as an effort not to antagonise the court into disqualifying him.But senior opposition politicians, including Imran Khan and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, challenged the ruling.
