A contempt of court petition has been filed in the Supreme Court of Pakistan against Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, and others for violating the court's order on holding elections in Punjab. The Election Commission of Pakistan had recently announced the postponement of the upcoming elections in Punjab citing security reasons, which was welcomed by the government but challenged by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Advocate G M Chaudhry filed the petition under Article 204 of the Constitution, read with Sections 3 and 4 of the Contempt of Court Ordinance 2003, for initiating contempt proceedings against the respondents and directing them to implement the court's judgement on holding elections in Punjab. The petitioner made the prime minister, CEC, ECP members, Punjab Caretaker Chief Minister Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi, and chief secretary respondents in the case. The petitioner argued that the respondents have violated the court order of March 1, 2023, which amounts to contempt of the apex court in terms of Article 204 of the Constitution.