Supreme Court refuses to accept MQM-P leader’s apology

Mustafa Kamal, the deputy convener of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), requested that his apology be accepted immediately in a contempt suo motu case. However, the Supreme Court denied his request on Wednesday.
The occurrence occurred during the hearing of the contempt of court case against Kamal and independent Senator Faisal Vawda by a three-member panel led by Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Justices Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Irfan Saadat Khan.
Responding, Kamal stated he regarded “all the judges, in particular, the judges of the superior courts of Pakistan in the highest respect and esteem” and demanded an unequivocal apology.
Senator Vawda, meantime, insisted that several people had made statements that were similar to his, refusing to offer the Supreme Court an unqualified apology and calling for a resolution to the situation.