A petitioner on Monday submitted a plea with the Supreme Court praying that the federation and Judicial Commission, functioning for the appointment of judges, should be directed to refrain from any move to appoint judges of the Islamabad High Court. Shahid Orakzai, in his petition, maintained that Article 81 had never been part of 18th Amendment but was now amended through 19th Amendment to make room for expenditures to be incurred upon IHC.
In his plea, he contended that such expenditures could not be granted by the National Assembly or the provincial assembly until they were approved by the President or the governor concerned. His other objection was that a High Court in the federal capital would trespass the jurisdiction of the four High Courts when "it orders any person performing functions within the territorial jurisdiction of the Court, in connection with the affairs of a province." The apex Court was prayed to take note that while the four high courts issue direction under Article 199 of the Constitution only about their concerned province, how the IHC would make such an order about any of the four provinces.