LAHORE – The appointment of the country’s top general is the talk of thetown and now the conundrum lands in Lahore High Court (LHC).
On Tuesday, the Lahore High Court dismissed hearing a petition seeking theappointment of the Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan on the basis ofseniority.
LHC bench rejected the plea by declaring it inadmissible and directed theapplicant to move to the Supreme Court.
Advocate Najma Ahmed moved court maintaining that the current procedure ofappointment of the next army chief was ‘unlawful and unconstitutional’.
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Justice Faisal Zaman Khan will take up the petition on Wednesday (today),as the petitioner moved to court, saying the seniority rule was ignored inthe selection of the top commander. It prayed before the court to directthe respondents to appoint the senior-most persons as the army chief.
COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa is set to retire in the last week ofNovember and Defence Minister said that the selection process for the newarmy chief will begin this week.
