IHC Dismisses Petition Against Shehbaz Sharif’s PAC Chairmanship

Announcing the verdict reserved in the petition, the court said that the petitioner could not satisfy the court.

Lahore (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 22nd January, 2019) The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has rejected the petition seeking removal of Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif from Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairmanship.

A two-member bench comprising of IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kiani heard the petition challenging the opposition leader's appointment.

Announcing the verdict reserved in the petition, the court said that the petitioner could not satisfy the court.

The IHC then rejected the petition against Shehbaz Sharif.

The petitioner had pleaded that Shehbaz's appointment as the chairman of the committee was illegal and issuing his production orders was a violation of the accountability laws.

In the previous hearing, the IHC chief justice said Shehbaz Sharif was to be considered innocent until the case would prove against him in the court. "Issuing production orders to him is an internal matter of the Parliament," he said.

The petitioner had also sought for preparing a reference regarding the violation of Section 31 of the NAB ordinance stating Shehbaz's production orders should be declared void and the accountability court should be directed to take action against the PML-N president according to Section 16(B) of the NAB ordinance.