The prime minister’s special assistant, Shahzad Akbar, on Thursday tendered an unconditional verbal apology to the Peshawar High Court expressing regret for his remarks against the head of a special court. - APP/File
PESHAWAR: The prime minister’s special assistant, Shahzad Akbar, on Thursday tendered an unconditional verbal apology to the Peshawar High Court expressing regret for his remarks against the head of a special court, which awarded death sentence to former military ruler retired General Pervez Musharraf for high treason in 2019.
A bench consisting of Justice Roohul Amin Khan and Justice Syed M Attique Shah directed him to submit a written affidavit about his apology in two identical contempt petitions filed against him, federal ministers Farogh Naseem and Chaudhry Fawad Hussain, former special assistant to the prime minister Firdous Ashiq Awan and former attorney general Anwar Mansoor Khan.