Pleas against governor's Ord not maintainable, AGP tells court.

LAHORE -- Advocate General of Punjab (AGP) Shahzad Shaukat on Friday argued before the Lahore High Court that the petitions against an ordinance issued by the Punjab governor relating to the assembly were not maintainable.

Justice Sajid Mahmood Sethi was hearing the petitions filed by the Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Parvez Elahi and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) MPA Zainab Umar.

On the court's direction, the AGP appeared before the court and stated the governor lawfully promulgated the ordinance, which could not be challenged before any legal forum.

He asked the court to dismiss the petitions as being not maintainable.

The law officer, however, sought time to submit a written reply to the petitions.

The judge allowed the request and adjourned the hearing till June 27.

The petitions stated the governor in an arbitrary manner prorogued the 40th session of the assembly and called 41st session immediately in blatant violation of the Constitution.

It was said this act was also in violation of the oath of...