Amraiz Khan
Punjab government on Saturday has stopped Advocate General Punjab Ahmad Awais from working and asked him not to appear in courts on government behalf. On the other hand Mr. Awais said that he would continue to play his constitutional role till the issuance of such notification from any authority concerned.
The sources further divulged that the advocate general Punjab has also switched off his mobile phone after being stopped from working.
The sources said the new government will soon announce a replacement of Ahmad Awais.
Earlier, after announcing yesterday to challenge the Lahore High Court ruling, Punjab Advocate General Ahmad Awais was now in a fix over what to do as there are legal hitches involved in the case that bar AG to contest the verdict of LHC directing president to appoint a representative for oath-taking of chief minister-elect Hamza Shehbaz.
On Friday, LHC Chief Justice Muhammad Ameer Bhatti ordered President of Pakistan to appoint a representative for administering oath to Punjab chief minister-elect as Governor Omar Sarfraz Cheema had expressed his inability to do so.
But the Punjab governor directed the advocate general to submit an intra-court appeal against the verdict.
Though the AG announced that he would throw a challenge but after seeing legal hitches that would deter him to challenge the decision, he is in a bind to find a way out.
