PHC moved against transfers and postings in KP

• PTI leader Asad Qaiser filed a petition in the PHC.
• Barrister Gohar Ali Khan filed a plea on behalf of Asad Qaiser.
• Lawyer stated that the transfers and postings of caretaker Govt is illegal.

PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf(PTI) has challenged the transfers and postings by the caretaker government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the Peshawar High Court(PHC).

PTI leader Asad Qaiser filed a petition in the Peshawar High Court on the matter of transfers and postings on behalf of the caretaker government.

Barrister Gohar Ali Khan filed a plea on behalf of Asad Qaiser, in which he stated that the transfers and postings by the caretaker government is illegal, which will affect the conduct of transparent elections.

In the petition on behalf of the leader PTI, it was submitted that transfers and postings of the bureaucracy by the caretaker government are against the election rules, the responsibility of the caretaker government is to conduct transparent elections.

In the petition filed in Peshawar High Court, Barrister Gohar Ali Khan stated that Supreme Court has also issued orders in this context many times. It is requested that the transfers and postings of the caretaker government should be declared null and void.

Former speaker national assembly Asad Qaiser has made the provincial government, election commission, and department administration parties in the petition.

Talking to the media outside the court, PTI Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Spokesperson Shaukat Yousafzai and Barrister Gohar Khan said that the caretaker government is misusing its power. They said that the caretaker government comes to conduct elections.

Shaukat Yousafzai said that the caretaker chief minister has been taken hostage which will affect the holding of transparent elections in the province. He said there is a constant violation of the constitution.

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Barrister Gohar Khan said that the petition has been filed on behalf of Asad Qaiser, and the election campaign starts as soon as the assembly is dissolved. The Election Commission has banned transfers and postings in the caretaker setup.