SC disposes of contempt case against KP Assembly Speaker

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday disposed of a contempt petition against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Speaker Mushtaq Ghani. A two-member bench, headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial, heard the case. The petitioner, Kifayatullah, said that Ghani failed to follow instructions after he appointed a junior officer as the secretary of the provincial assembly rather than a senior officer. His lawyer said that Kifayatullah was a senior officer yet he wasn’t appointed on the post. A meeting with the DPO was held on the court’s orders, but no relief was given to the petitioner, his lawyer added. The court ordered the petitioner to approach a service tribunal for his appointment.