SC rejects appeal against appointment of Prime Minister Imran Khan's aides.

ISLAMABAD -- Supreme Court on Friday rejected a petition pertaining to the appointment of special assistants and advisers and upheld an Islamabad High Court verdict in the matter.

A two-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed and Justice Ijazul Ahsan heard the case as Justice Munib Akhtar recused himself.

Lawyer Ikram Chaudhry had moved the apex court against the appointments of special assistants and advisers by Prime Minister Imran Khan.

During the hearing, Justice Ahsan observed that the top court had laid down rules related to appointment of special assistants and advisers in a case pertaining to the appointment of Sayed Zulfiqar Bukhari.

Chaudhry said the current petition did not...

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