The court rejected the appeal by the govt against a decision by the Sindh High Court which had also ruled that the former president can lea...

A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Nasirul Mulk, was hearing the case about the appointment of a permanent CEC.

"It is an administrative issue and the government should deal with it in accordance with the law," Chief Justice Nasirul Mulk said.

A five-judge bench headed by Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali retracted the contempt notice after Law Minister Farooq Naek presented a receipt.