Anti-judiciary remarks: LHC for putting names of MNA, MPA, others on ECL

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday directed Interior Ministry to place on Exit Control List (ECL) the names MNA Wasim Akhtar, MPA Naeem Safdar and other PML-N workers who are facing charges of taking out a rally against judiciary in Kasur. The court hearing the petition of President District Bar Association Kasur also directed the DPO Kasur to look into the cases registered against the suspects and refer them to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) if cyber crime section were applicable and rose till May 07.
Last month, a video went viral on social media showing the accused and others taking rally in Kasur and hurling abuses at the judges. Kasur police registered case against over 80 persons out of which six were identified as members of the ruling party PML-N. The police booked them under Sections 166, 506, 341, 228 109, 147 and 149 of the PPC. The petitioner Mirza Naseem advocate submitted in his petition that the protest in Kasur was a planned conspiracy against the judiciary. He alleged that the rally was led by PML-N's MNA Wasim Sajjad and MPA Safdar Ansari while some local leaders of the unions also accompanied them.
The bar leader said that by doing so, the protestors committed contempt of court and prayed to the court to declare the parliamentarian disqualified and proceed against them in accordance with the law. The same bench had been hearing the petitions against alleged anti-judiciary speeches of Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz and other PML-N leaders.