Adil Chatta on Wednesday filed an appeal against objections raised by the Supreme Court’s registrar on his petition that challenged Zulfi Bukhari’s appointment as special assistant to the prime minister, a private TV channel reported.
Bukhari was appointed as special assistant to the prime minister on overseas Pakistanis and human resource development last month. The petitioner had moved the top court against Bukhari’s appointment stating that he was a dual national and hence his appointment was illegal.
The apex court’s registrar had raised objections on the petition. In his appeal, Chatta said the objections on his petition were baseless. The appeal pleads the court to reject the objections and hear the petition. “If dual nationals cannot be members of the National Assembly or provincial assemblies, then they should not be appointed as prime minister’s special assistant also,” the petition says. “Bukhari should not be allowed to work as special assistant and his appointment be declared null and void with immediate effect. Work that cannot be done directly cannot be done indirectly either,” the petition added. Prime Minister Imran Khan and the Cabinet Division have been made respondents in the petition.
Published in Daily Times, October 4th 2018.
