Pakistan's Election Commission today admitted a petition challenging the appointment of Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of ousted premier Nawaz Sharif, as a PML-N Vice President on grounds that she is ineligible to hold a public office. The petition filed by members of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was heard by a three-member bench headed by the Chief Election Commissioner, during which the bench issued a notice to Maryam seeking her reply. The Commission has fixed the hearing of the petition for June 17.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;"> The petition argues that 45-year-old Maryam's appointment as a Vice President of the PML-N is in conflict with the law and Constitution. Maryam, along with her husband Captain (retd) Muhammad Safdar and her father and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, was sentenced by an accountability court on corruption charges related to the purchase of four flats by the Sharif family in Avenfield House, Park Lane, London in June last year.</span><br />