Mushtaq Sukhera served as an IGP Punjab. PHOTO: FILE
The bench maintained that the said notification would remain suspended until the next date of hearing. However, the court also barred Sukhera from exercising his authority as tax ombudsman until the next hearing despite being restored.
The petitioner's counsel pleaded before the court that once a federal ombudsman is appointed, he can only be removed by the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC).
The federal government removed Sukhera from the post of federal tax ombudsman on Thursday. Former Punjab inspector-general of police (IGP) Mushtaq Sukhera was appointed as the ombudsman in August 2017 by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) last government.
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