Notices on plea against south Punjab postings.

LAHORE -- Lahore High Court Chief Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan on Thursday issued notices to the federal and provincial governments on a petition challenging appointment of additional chief secretary and additional inspector general of police at the 'south Punjab sub-secretariat'.

The Lawyers Foundation for Justice filed a petition through Advocate Ahmad Abdullah Dogar, pleading that the impugned notification for the appointment of two BS-21 officers against the two posts was illegal.

The counsel submitted before the court that a bill to amend the Constitution, which would have the effect of altering the limits of a province, would not be presented to the president for assent unless passed by the assembly of the province concerned by not less than two-thirds majority of its total members.

He said the Article 239 of the Constitution defined a...

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