LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday rejected a petition seeking court order to allow replacing present Parliamentary system of government with Presidential system in the country.
Single bench of LHC, comprising Justice Ameenuddin Khan declared the plea non-maintainable. The petitioner had made President Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Imran Khan party in the case.
Petitioner pleaded that the enforcement of presidential system of government is in the best interest of the country. The petition claimed that Pakistan had always made progress in the presidential system and pleaded to the court for an order to conduct a referendum for replacement of existing parliamentary system in the country with the presidential system.
The petitioner also sought the court order for changing the existing mechanism of appointment of the Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) by electing the holders of both offices with referendum. The bench dismissed the petition declaring it non-maintainable. (INP)
