Three-judge bench of Azad Jammu and Kashmir High Court formed. PHOTO: FILE
MUZAFFARABAD:
The appointment of 11 advisers in Azad Kashmir (AJK) have been challenged in a local court.
A three-judge bench of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir High Court has been formed to hear a petition challenging the appointments of nine advisers to Prime Minister Chaudhry Abdul Majeed and two advisers to President Sardar Yaqoob Khan.
The petition has been filed by the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) local leaders — Shah Ghulam Qadir and Abdul Khaliq Wasi.
The petitioners’ lawyer Raja Sajjad contended that the appointments of the advisers had been made under Rules of Business of Article 6 while the AJK Interim Constitution 1974 does not allow such appointments.
The counsel informed the bench that only the prime minister of Pakistan can appoint five advisers.
Sajjad urged the court to stop the advisers from performing their duties.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 22nd, 2013.
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