Slept on floor of Kuala Lumpur airport for 2 days, say passengers of seized Pakistan plane
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Pia Krishnankutty 18 January, 2021 3:00 pm IST Text Size:
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New Delhi: Stranded passengers of a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane, a Boeing 777 aircraft, which had reached Kuala Lumpur from Islamabad, but was stopped there by a court order for non-payment of lease, returned home on the weekend.
Upon arrival, the passengers raised complaints against Pakistani embassy officials in Malaysia and PIA staff for not cooperating with them while they were stranded there since last Friday. Some passengers also said their luggage is still stuck in Kuala Lumpur. They further claimed they weren’t provided food or accommodation till an alternative flight was arranged, with some alleging they slept on
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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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.