The Petroleum Development Levy Ordinance has been challenged in Supreme Court. Lawyer of PML-N Chaudhry Akram and Secretary General Iqbal Zafar Jaghra has filed a petition in which they have challenged the Presidential Ordinance which states that the President has no right to impose tax under constitution article number 77. A separate petition also filed pleading Supreme Court to issue stay order for the withdrawal of POL price hike to give masses interim relief. The president had signed the advice from Prime Minister to raise petroleum prices through president ordinance that restored the POL prices to July 7 position.
