Removal of NADRA chairman overturned

LAHORE:

The LHC division bench on Wednesday allowed an intra-court appeal filed by the federal government, setting aside a single bench's decision to remove NADRA Chairman Lt Gen Mohammad Munir Afsar.

The bench, comprising Justice Chaudhry Muhammad Iqbal and Justice Ahmed Nadeem Arshad, heard the federal government's appeal and announced the verdict, following the completion of arguments by both parties.

In its appeal, the federal government argued that the single bench's verdict, which had declared Afsar's appointment illegal based on a petition, filed by Ashba Kamran, was contrary to the facts.