A civil miscellaneous petition was filed on Thursday in the Lahore High Court challenging Sherry Rehman’s appointment as Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States. Muhammad Azhar Siddique filed the application, saying Sherry’s appointment was illegal. He pleaded that she was still member of the National Assembly (MNA) which made it unlawful to appoint her on any government seat until she resigned from the assembly seat.
The petitioner said the LHC was already hearing a petition seeking Sherry’s disqualification from the assembly for tabling blasphemy laws amendment bill in parliament as an MNA. He said as an MNA, Sherry was disqualified under article 62(1), 62(e), 62(d) and 62(g) of the constitution for tabling amended bill in the blasphemy act. He said article 2-A and 227 of the constitution protected religion Islam and Sherry has violated it. He said an ambassador was supposed to protect national interests of the country which Sherry could not do due to her anti-Islam stance shown to public. The petitioner requested the court to annul the government’s notification issued for her appointment as ambassador to the US.
Justice Khalid Mehmood of the LHC will start proceedings on the application today (Friday).
