Naeem Bukhari removed from his post as chairman PTV
Published On 16 January,2021 06:01 am
Decision to remove Naeem Bukhari from his post was taken on the direction of Islamabad High Court.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader and renowned lawyer Naeem Bukhari was removed by the government from his post as chairman Pakistan Television (PTV), Dunya News reported on Friday.
According to sources, the federal cabinet approved the removal of chairman PTV Naeem Bukhari from office. The cabinet approved his removal through a circulation summary
Sources also revealed that the decision to remove Naeem Bukhari from his post as chairman PTV was taken on the direction of the Islamabad High Court (IHC).
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Naeem Bokhari has been removed from the post of PTV chairperson.
Waseem Raza and Asghar Nadeem have been removed as directors at PTV.
On January 14, the Islamabad High Court stopped him from acting as the PTV chairperson or using any powers given to him.
Chief Justice Athar Minallah referred the matter to the federal cabinet with the directive to examine the issue at its next meeting.
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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.