Banners case: Hearing adjourned due to unavailability of advocate general

ISLAMABAD: It seems the case of controversial banners, allegedly inviting Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif to impose martial law was a storm in a teacup, as the hearing in the case was adjourned due to unavailability of advocate general of Islamabad on Thursday.

When the case was taken up, Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani of the Islamabad High Court was informed that the advocate general, Mian Abdul Rauf, was not available due to his engagements in the Supreme Court.

The Move on Pakistan (MOP) officials, Ali Raza and Asif Iqbal, had filed the petition challenging the registration of an FIR on charges of sedition, criminal conspiracy and public mischief for inciting people against the government.

On July 14, the Secretariat police had registered the case against displaying banners inviting the army chief to take-over.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 6^th, 2016.