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Fresh petition filed in IHC against Shehbaz Sharif as PAC chairman
January 15, 2019
ISLAMABAD, Jan 15 (INP): A petition has been filed in Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday against election of opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif as chairman of the Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC).
Petitioner Riaz Hanif Rahi’s lawyer G.M. Chaudhry has filed a miscellaneous petition in IHC for further hearing of the case in the court.
[timed-content-server show="01/16/2019 01:00 Asia/Karachi"]The court had reserved its decision on the maintainablity of the case on December 31, the petition said. A division bench of the high court comprised of Chief Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kiani had hear the case. The petitioner in fresh petition has requested for hearing of the matter under Section 151 for further arguments on the case. The petitioner pleaded for further hearing of the case for the sake of fair trial. The high court had reserved verdict on the appointment of Shehbaz Sharif as the chairman of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and the decision is yet to be announced. INP/AK[/timed-content-server]Related Articles
