Pakistan
PTI approaches LHC to bar Punjab caretaker govt from transfers, postings
Fawad Chaudhary, Hamza Azhar and others have filed the petition in the court and asked it to declare the transfers and postings made by it as invalid.
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Lahore: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Monday approached the Lahore High court (LHC) with a plea to bar the caretaker Punjab government from transfers and postings.
PTI leaders Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Fawad Chaudhary, Hammad Azhar and others filed the petition the in LHC and made the federal government, Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), caretaker government of Punjab and the principal secretary as respondents.
The PTI leader said that the constitution did not allow the caretaker government to carry out transfers and postings as their only responsibility was to hold elections and delimitations.
They asked the court to bar the caretaker government from transfers and postings across the province and declare the transfers and postings made by it as invalid.
The Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan had earlier returned with objections a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) petition moved against appointment of Mohsin Naqvi as caretaker Punjab Chief Minister (CM).
The top court had objected that the petitioner did not approach the relevant forum.
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