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Deputy PM’s appointment challenged in LHC

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LAHORE - The appointment of Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi as deputy prime minister of Pakistan was challenged in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday.
The petitioner, Advocate Tariq Aziz, filed a writ in the LHC. Aziz was of the view that appointment of Elahi as a deputy prime minister of the country was a step to reward a coalition ally and it had not provision in the constitution.
He said this special appointment was a clear violation of the article 91 of the constitution.
Moreover, he pleaded that “this appointment was ill-intended and should be declared void.”

6 Responses to Deputy PM’s appointment challenged in LHC

  1. Aasim Raza says:

    Democracy is def the best revenge for our corrupt, soulless politicians

  2. Aasim Raza says:

    Now I fully understand why these morally depraved politicians of Pakistan wanted to establish democracy

  3. Aijaz Ali says:

    courts in pakistan are like virus which doesn’t let the operating system run.

  4. Democracy is def the best revenge for our corrupt, soulless politicians

  5. Now I fully understand why these morally depraved politicians of Pakistan wanted to establish democracy

  6. courts in pakistan are like virus which doesn’t let the operating system run.

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