ISLAMABAD – Maryam Nawaz Sharif lands in hot waters over her recentappointment on higher party ranks.

Days after the appointment of Maryam Nawaz as one of the vice-presidentsof Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N), the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf(PTI) has decided to challenge the rival party’s decision.

Speaking to local media, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi questionedMaryam’s appointment on a party post when she was a convict. He furthersaid that PTI was preparing to challenge the PML-N’s decision to appoint aparty post to a convicted person.

The foreign minister added that his party is mulling over approaching theElection Commission of Pakistan or the country’s courts, local mediareported.

On May 3, PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif had approved the appointmentsof former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as senior vice president andformer interior minister Ahsan Iqbal as the central general secretary. Theparty president had also appointed Maryam and his son Hamza Shehbaz as vicepresidents of PML-N.