PTI files petition in ECP against Maryam Nawaz's appointment as PML-N VP.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) filed a petition in Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) against the appointment of Maryam Nawaz as Vice President of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).

The petition was filed by PTI leader and parliamentary secretary Farrukh Habib, Javeria Zafar, Kanwal Shauzab and Maleeka Bokhari.

The filed petition stated that the appointment of Maryam Nawaz is unconstitutional and illegal. Maryam Nawaz is not eligible to hold any public or political office, the petition further said.

On May 6, it was reported that PTI has decided to challenge ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif's daughter Maryam Nawaz's appointment as vice president of the PML-N in the court.

'Maryam Nawaz is convicted from the court, how she can hold a party position?' Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi asked during an interaction with journalists.

He said the political heir of the former prime minister was given a temporary relief as her jail term was suspended by the court, but her conviction remained intact.

Qureshi said consultation was underway with lawyers in this regard, and the party is also mulling to contact the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in this matter.

On May 3, PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif approved the restructuring of the party a day after...