IHC disposes of contempt case against Fawad
Petitioner withdraws petition against minister’s anti-judicial statement
Islamabad High Court. PHOTO: IHC WEBSITE
ISLAMABAD:
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday disposed of contempt of court case filed against Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry for commenting against the judiciary over its decision to remove the National Bank of Pakistan president and banning TikTok after the petitioner withdrew his plea.
During the hearing on Thursday, the court said that the decision taken two days ago (removal of the NBP president) will be implemented if it goes to the government. “If the decision is not complied with, you can file a contempt of court petition again.”
IHC moved against Fawad Chaudhry
Petitioner prays court to issue summons for minister over commenting against court decision
Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry addressing a presser in Islamabad on June 15, 2021. SCREENGRAB
ISLAMABAD:
The National Bank of Pakistan’s (NBP) staff union on Thursday filed a plea in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) for initiating contempt of court proceedings against Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Chaudhry for criticising the court’s verdict in a tweet.
Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani will take up the plea on Friday (today).
In a tweet earlier this week, the minister said the country would never be able to come out of its economic crisis unless judicial reforms were introduced.
ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday said judicial reforms were imperative to save the country from economic disaster.
In a social media message, the minister said without judicial reforms, the country would not be able to recover from the economic crisis.
“My head is spinning since yesterday after the banning of TikTok and removal of President National Bank of Pakistan, to see what our courts were doing,” Fawad Chaudhry tweeted.
He was referring to the recent directive by the Sindh High Court to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to suspend TikTok in the country up to July 8. The Islamabad High Court, on the other hand, had set aside the appointments of National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) President Arif Usmani and chairman of its board of directors, Zubair Soomro.
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IHC orders removal of NBP president, BoD chairman
June 30, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday has ordered the immediate removal of National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) President/ Chief Executive Officer Arif Usmani and Chairman Board of Directors (BoD) Zubyr Soomro from their posts. Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kiyani on Tuesday announced the verdict, reserved on June 2, about a petition filed against the appointment of the NBP
president. The IHC heard the petition filed by citizens Syed Jahangir, Javed Iqbal, Fazal Raheem and Latif Qureshi. The petitioners challenged the notification dated 12 January, 2019 regarding the appointment of Usmani as NBP president, terming the appointment not in accordance with the requirements of transparency.