LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday issued a notice to the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) to explain measures it had taken to stop the airing of ‘anti-judiciary’ speeches by PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif. A bench of the high court was hearing a petition seeking contempt of court proceedings against the former prime minister and his daughter Maryam Nawaz for indulging in criticism of the judiciary. It issued notices to them and other respondents to submit their comments on the petition by February 23. The bench directed PEMRA to depute its representative to apprise the court about the measures the regulatory body had taken to stop TV channels from airing remarks slandering the judiciary. The petitioner submitted that Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz had been severely criticising the judiciary in their public speeches. At a recent public meeting in Lodhran, the father-daughter duo again turned their guns on the judiciary, he added. The petitioner complained that the regulatory body had failed to take any action to stop the airing of ‘anti-judiciary’ speeches despite orders by the Lahore High Court. The petitioner pleaded with the court to initiate contempt of court proceedings against the PML-N chief and his daughter. Published in Daily Times, February 20th 2018.