The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday disqualified Senator Nehal Hashmi for 5 years, sentencing him to one-month imprisonment and Rs50,000 fine.
The apex court rejected apology of Nehal Hashmi and disqualified from holding public office for a period of five years under Article 63 (1)(g) of the constitution.
The Supreme Court had served Hashmi with a contempt notice following a speech to workers in Karachi last year, in which he had threatened the prime minister’s unidentified ‘enemies’.
The three-member bench of headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa and comprising Justices Dost Mohammad and Maqbool Baqar announced the 2-1 decision. A dissenting note was authored by Justice Dost.
Following the order, Nehal Hashmi was taken into police custody by officials present in court. He was taken to the Secretariat Police Station and later shifted to Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi.
