ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has said that he will defend his point of view and will not tender an apology before the Supreme Court in the contempt of court case.
The apex court on Wednesday issued a contempt of court notice to Imran Khan over his critical and derogatory remarks against the judiciary and summoned him to appear before the court on August 2 (Friday).
“I am ready to go to the jail but I will not apologise,” Imran Khan said.
The PTI chief has said that he will not back down from his stance till his last breath and will not apologise even if he is declared ‘ineligible’ and sent to jail.
Imran Khan said that the Supreme Court made a big mistake by taking notice of ‘contempt of court’. “If the need arises, I will take up Aitzaz Ahsan’s offer,” he commented.
Imran further said that Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry had become controversial after the Arsalan Ifitikhar case.
A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, will hear the case on Friday (today).
In the notice issued to the Imran Khan, the apex court said that Imran Khan apparently had tried to incite hatred against the apex court in one of his interactions with the media.
DND
