AJK high court disqualifies PM Tanveer Ilyas for contempt

MUZAFFARABAD, Apr 11 (APP):Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) High Court on Tuesday after a brief hearing of a contempt notice, awarded imprisonment till the rising of the court, consequently disqualifying Sardar Tanveer Iliyas from the office of the Prime Minister and dissolution of the government.

Iliyas appeared before a full bench of the high court on a contempt notice and surrendered an unconditional apology for his contemptuous speech but the court announced the brief order disqualifying him from the office.

He then proceeded to AJK Supreme Court to appear which had also summoned him.