ISLAMABAD – A miscellaneous application filed against the appointment ofopposition leader in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif as Public AccountsCommittee (PAC) chairman has been fixed for hearing by the Islamabad HighCourt.
A division bench comprising of IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah and JusticeMohsin Akhtar will heard the plea on January 17.
IHC Registrar has however; objected over the miscellaneous petition.
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President was elected unopposedthe Chairman of the parliamentary watchdog on December 22.
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The PAC is the apex parliamentary watchdog that oversees the audit ofrevenue and expenditure by the government and it is considered to be themost powerful and important committee of parliament.
The PTI government was initially reluctant to give chairmanship of thisvital parliamentary committee to the opposition leader however; aftermonths of wrangling with PML-N, PM Khan gave go ahead to Sharif to head thePAC.