The appellant claimed that the complainant’s version in the FIR never corroborated any circumstantial or medical evidence. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE
Saleem Akhtar Buriro, who is currently serving as the additional prosecutor general in the prosecution department, had moved the court against appointment of Sher Muhammad Shaikh, as the provincial prosecutor general.
Before a bench headed by Justice Irfan Saadat Khan, Buriro argued that the chief secretary, through an official notification issued on January 9, had appointed Shaikh, an additional prosecutor general, to head the prosecution department in violation of the section 6(3) and 7 of the Sindh Criminal Prosecution Service Act 2010.
He mentioned that he had assailed the appointment of the former PG Sindh in the high court, which had restrained the chief secretary from making any appointment against the section 6, 7 and 8 of the Act.
But, Shaikh, who is not enrolled as an advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, had been appointed as PG Sindh on six-month long contract despite the fact the PG is always appointed for a period of three months, the petitioner alleged.
He argued that the process of the appointment violates the service law and pleaded to the court to declare the appointment notification as illegal and restrain Shaikh from holding the post.
The bench, after hearing the arguments, issued notice to the chief secretary, law secretary, home secretary, PG Sher Muhammad Shaikh and others to file their comments by April 10.
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