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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday restrained Naeem Bokhari from working as the chairman of Pakistan Television (PTV).
The court noted that the appointment of Mr Bokhari and five directors of the PTV board had been made in violation of the decision of the Supreme Court.
The ruling was issued by IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah on two petitions challenging the appointment of Mr Bokhari, acting managing director of PTV board Shahira Shahid and directors retired Col Hassan Imad Mohammadi, Asad Ahmed Jaspal, Asghar Nadeem Syed and Waseem Raza Abid.
During the course of hearing, Mazhar Ali Memon, director general of the information ministry, told the court that a summary had been moved for the appointment of Mr Bokhari and the PTV directors.
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday restrained Naeem Bokhari from working as chairman of Pakistan Television (PTV) while hearing identical petitions against his appointment.
Presiding over the case, IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah observed that there needed to be a clear reason for relaxing the upper age limit for 65-year-old Bokhari, referencing the Supreme Court decision to set aside the appointment of Ataul Haq Qasmi as the PTV chairman.
The court noted that the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting had repeated the same mistakes as those in Qasmi’s case and had not perused the apex court’s judgement when sending the summary to the federal cabinet.