Gilani contempt case: documents accepted as witness

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan resumed hearing of contempt of court case against Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, Geo News reported.A seven-member bench led by Justice Nasirul Mulk also comprises Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany, Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan, Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry, Justice Gulzar Ahmed and Justice Muhammad Ather Saeed.Secretary Cabinet and Defence Nargis Sethi appeared before the bench along with Aitzaz Ahsan to record her statement, as a defence witness during the proceedings.She submitted summaries to the court about which the bench remarked that one of them is not original. The Secretary replied that the summary of 1st May 2010 is original while the other one is being retrieved from Ministry of Law and Justice.Aitzaz Ahsan told the court that after the instructions of the prime minister the summaries are sent back to the concerned ministries.The apex court accepted the documents as defence s witness and numbered the 1st May summary as 01.Nargis Sethi also presented the advice of former attorney general Anwar Mansoor Khan dated March 2010.The bench has indicted the prime minister on the contempt of court charges.