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. A division bench of the high court, comprising Chief Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kiani, heard the case. 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.
The petitioner in fresh petition has requested for hearing of the matter under Section 151 for further arguments on the case; ‘for the sake of fair trial.’
Published in Daily Times, January 16th 2019.
