Fawad, Firdous asked to visit Justice Seth's grave and apologise

PTI leaders apologise over contemptuous remarks against late PHC CJ

PESHAWAR:

Federal Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry and prime minister’s former aide Firdous Ashiq Awan on Wednesday tendered an unconditional apology in the Peshawar High Court (PHC) for making contemptuous remarks against the then PHC chief justice Waqar Seth who passed away in Nov 2020.

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders had made the remarks during a press conference after Justice Seth issued a judgement sentencing military dictator Pervez Musharraf to death.

Justice Seth had said Musharraf be hanged publically and if he’s already dead then his corpse should be hanged at D-Chowk.

The PTI leaders appeared in the high court and submitted an unconditional apology to the court. Justice Roohul Amin said the PTI leaders should also visit the grave of the deceased judge and apologise to him. They should pray for his soul as well, the judge advised.

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“Allah also likes forgiveness, but the person whose feelings were hurt should be apologised to,” the judge said, telling them to go to his grave and tender their apology there. After visiting the grave, come to the court and submit a written reply, he said, adding that the court will issue its order after that.

It may be noted that Law Minister Farogh Naseem, former attorney general Anwar Mansoor, and former accountability aide Shahzad Akbar have already submitted apologies in the case.