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Peshawar: The appointment of the new caretaker chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Syed Arshad Hussain Shah, has been challenged in the Peshawar High Court, in which the newly appointed chief minister has been requested to be stopped from work and the appointment declared null and void.
The writ petition has been filed by Wali Khan Afridi and Shah Faisal Ilyas Advocate on behalf of Tajum Hussain Shah Advocate, in which it has been requested that on the second day after the death of Caretaker Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Azam Khan on November 11, Syed, a member of the provincial cabinet, Arshad Hussain Shah was appointed caretaker Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa despite the procedure for his appointment being contrary to Article 224 and 224A of the Constitution.
According to the writ petition, there is currently an assembly and neither the chief minister nor the opposition leader is present, but despite this, the governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa called the former chief minister and the opposition leader to the governor’s house and after mutual consultation, issued a notification for the appointment of the said chief minister.
According to the writ petition, the task of the caretaker government is to deal with the day-to-day affairs and conduct transparent elections, but so far they have not taken any steps for transparent elections, nor have they fulfilled any constitutional responsibility, but they are under the constitution. They have also exceeded their prescribed limits and constitutional responsibilities.
It has been held that such actions are likely to affect the transparent elections because the current caretaker government is working on a political agenda, so the announcement of the appointment of the caretaker chief minister in consultation with the former chief minister and the opposition leader is null and void. It should be given and according to the constitution, this consultation has no importance.
Caretaker Chief Minister Cabinet, Secretary Law, Federal Government, Attorney General, Advocate General and others have been made parties in the writ petition and it has been requested that along with the Chief Minister, the said Cabinet cannot be retained as it is also unconstitutional. has been established.
According to the petitioner, the said caretaker government has lost its constitutional status, so they should be stopped from working and the said declaration should be declared null and void. The hearing is expected in the next few days.
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