Ombudsmen can't act like affected party: SC

Ombudsmen can't act like affected party: SC

The Supreme Court dismissed as inadmissible the appeals filed by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government and the K-P women ombudsperson in a property ownership and distribution dispute. In a written order authored by Justice Musarrat Hilali, the court questioned why the government and the ombudsperson filed appeals when the private parties themselves had remained silent. The SC held that the ombudsperson acts as a judge, not a party, and cannot …