• The IHC issued notices to the federal government, cabinet secretary and Ministry of Kashmir Affairs secretary.
• The applicant said post of the GB governor was vacant since April 19.
• He said it was unconstitutional to keep the post vacant.

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani and Justice Sardar Aijaz Ishaq Khan on Friday issued notices to the federal government, cabinet secretary and Ministry of Kashmir Affairs secretary in the case pertaining to vacant post of Gilgit-Baltistan governor.

On an intra-court appeal filed by a citizen, Muhammad Khan, in the IHC, the high court asked the federal government if the process of appointment of the GB governor had started or not. The court directed the centre to submit a response till June 27 in the case.

The applicant said post of the GB governor was vacant since April 19. He said it was unconstitutional to keep the post vacant.

Read more: Centre removes Punjab Governor Muhammad Sarwar from his post: Fawad

The court remarked that a single bench had disposed of the plea of appointment of GB governor with its observation. The IHC said the single bench hoped that President Arif Alvi would appoint a governor on advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

The court was apprised in the intra-court appeal that the process had not started yet, it said.

On April 3, the then federal minister for information and broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain had said the federal government had removed the then Punjab governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar from his post.

“The new governor of Punjab will be announced later. According to the constitution, the deputy speaker will be the acting governor (till then),” Fawad Chaudhry had written in a tweet.

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