Petition in Pak HC to preempt sacking of Kayani, Pasha

January 12, 2012 12:44

Imran Khan also says that PM Gilani is Zardari's puppet.

Meanwhile, amid growing tensions between the civilian government and the military leadership, an unprecedented petition has been filed in the Islamabad High Court yesterday, to block any attempts by the government to sack Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and Director General Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lieutenant General Ahmed Shuja Pasha.

The petition, reports the Tribune, was filed by Advocate Maulvi Iqbal Haider, considered to be a dubious character by the Supreme Court and even banned from entering SC premises by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry for filing frivolous petitions, was promptly accepted by the IHC.

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