ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (iHC) on Tuesday (Today) threw out a petition against appointment of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML- N) President as Chairman of Public Accounts Committee (PAC), terming it as not maintainable.
A division bench comprising IHC’s Chief Justice Athar Minallah and Mohsin Akhtar Kiyani heard the petition against Shahbaz Sharif on assuming charge of the PAC.
Chief Justice Athar Minallah rejected the petition and declared it as not maintainable.
The verdict had been reserved on December 31 of last year and had to be announced on yesterday January 21 and it was delayed for one day and announced today.
Local lawyer Riayaz Hanif had challenged the PML-N president appointment as the Chairman PAC on basis of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) ongoing cases against him.
“Appointing corruption suspect Shehbaz as PAC chairman would influence the inquiry,” he asserted,
The applicant also insisted the court to stop the leader for performing its duties as the chairman PAC.
The petitioner said that issuance of his production orders [by NA speaker] was against the rules of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
The court during the hearing remarked that it is prerogative of Speaker National assembly to issue production order for any member.
The division bench observed that only the NA members are eligible to raise objection against issuance of objection order.
