In the petition filed earlier, Advocate on Record Raja Abdul Ghafoor maintained that the Federal Counsel Kamal Azfar had been appointed as Advisor to Prime Minister and the government required more time get the services of a new lawyer in his place.

The Supreme Court has approved the request and directed the government to present the notification of Kamal Azfar’s appointment as Advisor on October 11.

It should be noted that the Apex court had already granted a two week extension to the federal government. The hearing was scheduled to be started on October 13.