Federal Minister for Privatisation Daniyal Aziz. Photo: File 

ISLAMABAD: A three-member bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Azmat Saeed will conduct hearing today on the suo motu notice against Federal Minister for Privatisation Daniyal Aziz over contempt of court.

The counsel for Aziz, Advocate Ali Raza, has requested a record from the apex court of the instances in which, according to the court, Aziz has given controversial speeches and statements.

In a request submitted to the Supreme Court, Raza has stated that the newspaper article from September 9, 2017 mentioned in the suo motu notice, is regarding a news conference in Press Information Department. He added that according to him, the news article was wrong and deceitful.

About another instance mentioned in the suo motu notice ? a clip from September 12, 2017 aired on a private channel ?Aziz?s counsel has written that his client did not remember being on the programme of any television channel on that day.

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The third reference in the notice is regarding news aired on September 15, 2017 on a private television channel.

Aziz?s counsel has requested for a record of the news article and video clips, stating that it was essential to examine them for the sake of justice and before a response to the apex court?s show-cause notice is issued by his client.

The show-cause notice to Aziz was issued by the Supreme Court on February 19, after a contempt of court notice was sent to him on February 2 over his ?controversial speeches and statements made during television shows?.