Daniyal Aziz withdraws plea against SC verdict

Top court's verdict disqualified him from assuming public office and contesting elections

In what appears to be an unexpected turn of event, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Daniyal Aziz has withdrawn his petition against the Supreme Court’s verdict that disqualified him from assuming public office and contesting elections.

The PML-N leader refused to share the reason behind his decision.  The top court had held Aziz in contempt and sentenced him till the rising of court.

Earlier on August 4, he filed an appeal against the conviction. He had denied in his appeal that he had ever said anything for which he was held in contempt.

The Supreme Court had issued a notice for contempt of court for an ‘anti-judiciary’ speech.

The charges against the PML-N leader were that he had accused the top court Justice Ijazul Ahsan on September 8 2017 of summoning National Accountability Bureau (NAB) authorities to Lahore and directed them to prepare corruption reference against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his family members and former finance minister Ishaq Dar.