June 7: Dawn states that taking up the matter related to the implementation of the landmark judgement in the Asghar Khan case, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked dozens of respondents, who had already been issued notices, to submit their written replies before the court within three to four days, as the hearing will resume next week in Lahore. Heading a three-judge bench, Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar took notice of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s absence and asked Attorney General Ashtar Ausaf to tell him to appear before the court within an hour. The apex court was even ready to sit till the midnight to hear him after he [the CJP] returned from Peshawar, Justice Nisar remarked. The attorney general earlier apprised the bench that Mr Sharif could not attend the apex court proceedings because he was attending a reference before an accountability court.

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