Petiti­oners did not approa­ch proper forum, says apex court regist­rarISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a constitutional petition against the appointment of Syed Zulfiqar Abbas Bukhari (Zulfi Bukhari) as a special assistant to Prime Minister Imran Khan. The SC registrar objected that the petitioners did not approach the proper forum and the prime minister has been impleaded as a respondent which can not be done under Article 248 of the Constitution. Zulfi Bukhari’s appointment challenged in SCThe challenge to Bukhari’s appointment comes from Mirza Moiz Baig and Adil Chattha, two recent law graduates of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). ‘Comfortable with PM’: PTI defends Zulfi Bukhari’s appointmentIn 2015, the Supreme Court took exception to the prime minister’s appointment of Shujaat Azeem, also a dual national, as a special assistant to the PM on Aviation. Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Media Iftikhar Durrani had defended Bukhari’s appointment after the move was criticised by politicians and sections of the media.

Source: The Express Tribune September 29, 2018 06:33 UTC