The tussle between the govt and the bureaucracy ignited following the Feb 22 by-election. PHOTO: FILE
The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government has removed its top lawyer after making the law secretary officer on special demand (OSD).
Advocate General Ghazanfar Ali has been replaced with Mansoor Pervez, a notification issued by the Department of Law and Parliamentary Affairs said on Thursday.
Official sources told The Express Tribune that Ali had refused to give any legal opinion on the ongoing row between the government and bureaucracy.
Earlier law secretary Idrees Tabassum was made OSD on March 3 for refusing to give any legal opinion against the chief secretary and Inspector General of Police (IGP).
The government had removed the CS and IGP and directed them to report to the Establishment Division in Islamabad but they rebuffed the order, putting the state government in embarrassment.
The government had asked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to get back the Chief Secretary Khizer Hayat Gondal and IGP Malik Khuda Bakhsh Awan.
The AJK government had accused the two officers of calling in Rangers during the by-election without the Prime Minister Chaudhry Abdul Majeed’s consent.
The tussle between the government and the bureaucracy ignited following the February 22 by-election for LA-22 Sudhnuti-Poonch-VI constituency seat which was won by the opposition candidate defeating the ruling party candidate.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 7th, 2014.
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