LAHORE: A writ petition has been filed in the Lahore High Court challenging appointment of Additional Advocate General Asma Hamid as Advocate General Punjab.
Barrister Javed Iqbal Jafree has filed the petition, saying that Asma Hamid was appointed as principal law officer of Punjab in violation of merit. He alleged that she was appointed on political basis and many senior law officers were ignored to fill the post.
The lawyer pointed out that there was no mechanism to fill the constitutional post of Advocate General Punjab. He asked the court to set aside the appointment of Asma Hamid as AGP for being on political grounds. On the other hand, the Punjab government had issued notification of Asma’s appointment as AGP.
She is the first woman who has been appointed as the principal law officer of the province after Shakil-ur-Rehman Khan resigned from the office on Saturday evening because of ending constitutional term of the provincial government on May 31st. The convention is that every interim government appoints AGP of its own choice, perhaps, it was the reason that Shakil-ur-Rehman Khan resigned as Advocate General Punjab and called on Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in a farewell gathering held at Model Town office on Monday evening.
In this undated photo, a man walking outside the gate of National Accountability Bureau office in Lahore. —...
A view of the Punjab Assembly in Lahore on February 23, 2024. — AFPLAHORE: Deputy Speaker Punjab Assembly Zaheer...
The building of the National Accountability Bureau Lahore. — APP/FileLAHORE:The National Accountability Bureau ...
Commissioner of the Overseas Pakistanis Commission Punjab Saman Rai seen in this image....
The representational image of a gun. — Pixabay/FileLAHORE:Garden Town police Monday arrested an accused, who shot...
Pakistan People's Party Central Punjab General Secretary Syed Hassan Murtaza addresses a press conference at the PPP...