ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Wednesday deferred Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s indictment in the contempt case yet again as he failed to appear before the body.

The electoral body’s four-member bench, headed by Sindh member of the commission Nisar Ahmad Durrani, has deferred his indictment time and again as he refuses to appear before them.

Khan had attended the hearing for the first time in the case, which had started in August of the previous year. The ECP had initiated proceedings against him and two other erstwhile top party leaders Asad Umar and Fawad Chaudhry.

They were accused of allegedly using intemperate and contemptuous language against the commission and chief election commissioner during their media interactions on various occasions.

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