The Sindh High Court on Monday issued notices to federal and provincial law officers on a petition seeking the removal of Sindh Governor Kamran Khan Tessori for allegedly using his office for political purposes.
Petitioners Bux Ali Pirzado and Waheed Ali submitted that office of the governor is purely a non-political position; however, the Sindh governor has engaged himself in political activities during his tenure, which has caused division and hatred among the people of the province.
Their counsel GN Qureshi submitted that the act of the governor had proved that he is not eligible to hold such prime position and he has become ineligible to hold such position under Article 101(2) of the Constitution.
He submitted that the Sindh Bar Council, a regulatory body of the lawyers in Sindh, also condemned a recent statement of the governor and demanded his removal from the post over his involvement in political activities in violation of the Constitution.
The court was requested to declare that use of constitutional office for partisan political purposes in a manner prejudicial to public order and provincial harmony is inconsistent with the spirit and mandate of the Constitution.
They requested the court to declare that Governor Sindh while holding constitutional office as Governor Sindh cannot engage in partisan political activities or advocate controversial political agendas from Governor House.
The petitioners requested the court to direct the federation to examine the constitutional propriety of the governor in light of the demand of the Sindh Bar Council resolution for the removal of governor from his office.
A high court division bench headed by Justice Mohammad Saleem Jessar, after the preliminary hearing of the petition, subject to the maintainability of the petition, issued notices to the federal and provincial law officers and called their comments on March 10.
