Federal Minister for Privatisation Daniyal Aziz. Photo: File 

ISLAMABAD: The hearing on contempt of court case against Federal Minister for Privatisation Daniyal Aziz will be held today.

During the previous hearing on March 26, the case was adjourned till today, and the defence was directed to submit arguments and witness list before the next hearing.

Aziz was indicted on contempt charged by the Supreme Court on March 13.

The charged, read out by Justice Mushir Alam, included several instances where the minister had made anti-judiciary remarks.

Aziz?s counsel Ali Raza pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Previously, the bench had expressed dissatisfaction with Aziz's response to the court's show-cause notice and fixed his indictment for March 13.

The minister's response to the court had stated that being a parliamentarian he could not even think of disrespecting state institutions. The reply further said that Aziz believes in the supremacy of the Constitution and respects state institutions, including the judiciary.

?Media ran my comments out of context,? the PML-N leader had stated in the response. He had also pleaded to the court to take back the show-cause notice issued to him in the case.