NAB chief appointment case: Court seeks copy of order reinstating PTI MNAs.

LAHORE -- Lahore High Court (LHC) Thursday demanded the petitioners to present a copy of the order that reinstated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmakers in the next hearing of the case regarding the appointment of the chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB).

Justice Raza Qureshi heard the petition in which it was maintained the opposition leader Raja Riaz could not be consulted on the appointment of the chairman of NAB.

The petition is put forth with reference to the current leader of the opposition Raja Riaz as he is among the disgruntled members of PTI who had voted against the former premier Imran Khan on the day of the vote of no-confidence.

Riaz was declared the opposition leader after Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) formed the government.

On February 21, PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry said that no one would accept Riaz's consultation as "everyone knows he is a lota (turncoat) ...".

The petitioner also maintained that the appointment of Riaz as the opposition leader was already contested and the case was being heard in the court whereas the membership of the PTI legislators had been reinstated.

Therefore, until the appointment of the new opposition leader, the court should stop the President and the Prime Minister from appointing the new NAB chairman.

The judge, after a brief hearing, demanded the petitioners to produce before the court the order notifying the reinstatement of the PTI legislators in the National Assembly along with all the...