End of effective role of 21 advisers, special assistants
National
By Tariq Butt
ISLAMABAD: A just-released detailed judgment of a two-judge bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) is not only an endorsement of an earlier verdict authored by Chief Justice Athar Minallah in August that practically ended the role of the advisers and special assistants in the government but goes a step further.
An upshot of the ruling is that Prime Minister Imran Khan will now be required to preside over the Economic Committee of the Cabinet (ECC) in his capacity as the finance minister because advisors have been barred from chairing any cabinet committee or being its member.