ISLAMABAD – Senator Nehal Hashmi, who has been convicted by the Supreme Court in the contempt of court case on Thursday, was hospitalised on Friday.
According to jail authorities, the convicted lawmaker, who was arrested from the apex court following the verdict, has been shifted to hospital after he complained about cardiac.
On Thursday, the apex court awarded one-month imprisonment to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senator Nehal Hasmhi and disqualified him for five years in a contempt of court case.
The court in his verdict, which was reserved on Jan 24, also imposed a fine of Rs50,000. Police have taken the former senator into custody and shifted him to jail.
The court ruled that Hashmi cannot hold public office for five years according to Article 63(1)(g) of the Constitution.
A three-member bench headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa and comprising Justices Dost Mohammad and Maqbool Baqar announced the verdict, which is not unanimous as Justice Dost Mohammad wrote a dissenting note in the case.
