IHC stops Naeem Bokhari from working as PTV chairman
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January 15, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday stopped chairman Pakistan Television (PTV) Naeem Bokhari from performing his duties and directed the Ministry of Information for sending a summary again to the cabinet for the appointment in the light of the Supreme Court’s judgment.
Chief Justice Athar Minallah conducted hearing of the case during which Deputy Attorney General Syed Tayyab Shah said Attorney General Khalid Javed Khan would arrive and give arguments in the case.
Bokhari’s lawyer said Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani was already hearing a case regarding the formation of the PTV board. He said Bokhari’s matter was different from Ata-ul-Haq Qasmi, “who had been receiving heavy incentives, while his client was not taking even salary”.
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January 15, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Thursday stopped state-run TV Chairman Naeem Bukhari from performing his duties and directed the information ministry to send a summary again to the cabinet for the appointment in the light of the Supreme Court judgment.
Chief Justice Athar Minullah conducted hearing of the case against the appointment of state-run TV chairman. Deputy Attorney General Syed Tayyab Shah informed the court that Attorney General Khalid Javed Khan would reach the court and give arguments in the case. The lawyer for the state-run TV chairman said that Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani was hearing a case already regarding formation of the state-run TV board. He stated that the matter of Naeem Bukhari was different from Ataul Haq Qasmi, who had been receiving heavy incentives, while his client was not getting even salary. The chief justice said that the case had no connection with the case being heard by the court of Justice Kiyani. It was a
Islamabad High Court directs Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to send revised summary to federal cabinet informing them of a 2018 apex court verdict
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January 12, 2021
LAHORE: The appointment of senior lawyer Naeem Bokhari as director and chairman of Pakistan Television Corporation (PTVC) has been challenged before the Lahore High Court.
The petitioner, Usman Ghani, mainly argues that the impugned appointment has been made in violation of the Supreme Court judgments. He said the government appointed Bokhari, who is 65 years of age, as the chairman without advertising the post as mandatory under the law and the guidelines set by the superior courts.
He alleged that no proper meeting of the board of directors of the state TV was held in accordance with law to appoint the respondent/director as the chairman rather simple direction was given by the prime minister to convene a board meeting to elect the respondent. The petitioner contended the illegal appointment of the respondent as a director and the chairman for a period of three years was undertaken in a systematic and methodical manner beginning from the special exemp
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