The application to nullify the appointment of Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar as Deputy Prime Minister was dismissed in the Lahore High Court.
The Lahore High Court dismissed the petition against the appointment of Ishaq Dar as Deputy Prime Minister. The Lahore High Court dismissed the application as inadmissible.
It was argued in the petition that Ishaq Dar is appointed as Foreign Minister, the post of Deputy Prime Minister does not exist in the Constitution.
The petitioner pleaded that Ishaq Dar was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister against the Constitution. The court declared the appointment of Ishaq Dar as Deputy Prime Minister null and void.
It should be noted that earlier in the Sindh High Court, a hearing was held on a petition against the notification of appointment of Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar as Deputy Prime Minister. The court had remarked that Pervez Elahi was also appointed as Deputy Prime Minister.
Later, the court adjourned the further hearing of the case till May 16 after seeking arguments from the petitioner’s lawyer regarding the admissibility of the petition and the order of the Supreme Court in this regard.
