ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday appointed Lieutenant General Muhammad Ali as Defence Secretary.
The notification for the appointment of Lt. Gen. Muhammad Ali as Defence Secretary has also been issued by the Establishment Division.
According to the announcement, the new Defence Secretary has been appointed for a period of 2 years and 3 months. The appointment of the Defence Secretary will be effective from October 1, 2024.
A statement from the Establishment Division said that Lt. Gen. Muhammad Ali will continue as Secretary till December 31, 2026.
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Earlier, Lahore High Court (LHC) reinstated Lieutenant General Munir Afsar as Chairman National Database & Registration Authority(NADRA).
A 2-member bench comprising Justice Chaudhry Iqbal of the Lahore High Court heard the petition, in which the government lawyer appeared in the court.
During the hearing, the court asked which notification was challenged in the petition. On this, the public prosecutor said that in the petition, the notification of the appointment of NADRA Chairman of the Caretaker Government was challenged, the request of the petitioner was limited only to the extent of the notification of the Caretaker Government.
The government counsel took the stand that the petitioner never challenged the new role, a one-member bench comprising Justice Asim Hafeez annulled the appointment of Chairman NADRA.
