ISLAMABAD, Nov 2: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif may be in for another bout with the judiciary now that the supreme court has issued contempt notices to about twenty-four of his confidants and supporters for storming the court building in November last year when it was hearing a contempt case against him.Those who have received court notices included two national assembly members and four members of the provincial assemblies of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML).Ten high officials of the federal capital territory administration and police were also issued notices.An elected member of the national or provincial assembly can lose his seat if found guilty of contempt of court. The contempt notices issued to Muslim League members said, they, prima facie, committed gross contempt of court by raising derogatory slogans in and around the supreme court premises on November 28 last year.These members with the support of a section of the local administration had led a mob to the court when a benchheaded by then chief justice Sajjad Ali Shah was hearing a contempt of court case against Sharif and seven others.The ongoing confrontation between the prime minister and the chief justice then had fed speculations that Sharif would lose the case and consequently his seat in the national assembly.But before that could happen Justice Shah was replaced by the present chief justice, Ajmal Mian.
