The Lahore High Court on Thursday issued notice to the Punjab chief secretary and prosecution secretary on a petition challenging the appointment of Punjab Prosecutor General Ashtar Ausaf. Advocate Arif Kareem filed the petition submitting that the Punjab government and the public prosecution department had conducted interviews for the post of prosecutor general in which 48 candidates appeared. He said that the Punjab government ignored all applicants and appointed Ausaf, who was the family lawyer of the Sharifs. The petitioner said that the appointment was made against merit and rules due to which it should be set aside.
The next date of hearing will be fixed by the court office. The petition earlier came up for hearing on Wednesday before Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed but he refused to hear it due to his good relations with Ausaf. Afterwards, it was placed before the court of Justice Sheikh Ahmed Farooq.
