Appointment of top posts: SC dismisses petition over forces’ chiefs

A three-member bench heard the case and rejected the petitioner’s stance, terming it ‘immature’.

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition regarding the appointment of armed forces’ chiefs saying that it had no solid grounds and did not carry any weight. Petitioner Shahid Orakzai, advocate, had pleaded that the appointments of Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, army chief, naval chief and air chief should not be linked with seniority. A three-member bench headed by Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali heard the case and rejected the petitioner’s stance, terming it ‘immature’. The bench observed that the petition had no solid grounds as at the time of its filing, the current prime minister was only a member of the National Assembly and all the four posts were already filled.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 20^th, 2013.