The Sindh High Court on Wednesday accepted an urgent petition challenging the appointment of Federal Minister Ishaq Dar as deputy prime minister.Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court presided over the hearing and requested responses from both parties within two weeks.
The petitioner’s lawyer, Tariq Mansoor Advocate, argued that the position of deputy prime minister was not mentioned in the Constitution under Articles 90 and 91. He said that these articles only recognized the Prime Minister and Cabinet members.
He claimed that the deputy prime minister was neither accountable to the Senate nor Parliament.
