PHC moved against KP caretaker govt

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) was moved against the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa caretaker government, ARY News reported on Saturday.

As per details, the petition filed in the court stated that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa caretaker government has ended. The date of elections is announced first and then then the caretaker government is constituted according to Article 105, the petition added.

The court was informed that 90 days have passed after the dissolution of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assembly and the constitution of the caretaker government and the governor has still not announced the election date. 

The status of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa caretaker government is unconstitutional and illegal and every measure this government takes should be considered as unconstitutional, the petition added.

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Hereby, the petition urged the court to bar the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa caretaker government from working.

Earlier, Supreme Court (SC) registrar’s office returned a plea seeking the restoration of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) assemblies.

The registrar’s office has raised objections and returned the plea seeking restoration of Punjab and KP assemblies.

The top court’s registrar’s office objected that the petitioner is not an aggrieved party in this petition.