Dual offices case: President bound to comply with court's orders, says LHC

AK Dogar said that the courts can get anyone punished by leveling contempt charges against them.

LAHORE: Even if President Asif Ali Zardari was not answerable to anyone, he was bound to comply with court’s orders, observed the Lahore High Court on Friday while hearing the dual offices case against the president, Express News reported.

The petitioner's counsel Advocate AK Dogar, in his statement before the full judicial bench, said that the courts can get anyone punished by leveling contempt charges against them.

Dogar further argued that crimes are carried out under “personal capacity” and that they did not have anything to do with the position a person holds.

The court adjourned the hearing till December 10.

Earlier, Advocate Wasim Sajjad, the federation’s counsel, had concluded his arguments over the maintainability of the contempt petition.

However, as the bench resumed proceedings, Advocate Sajjad struggled to get the court’s permission to continue his arguments on the maintainability issue, as he has already started arguments on the constitutional immunity enjoyed by president during the last hearing.