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PTV chairman’s appointment challenged in IHC

Pakistan Press Foundation

ISLAMABAD-A petition challenging appointment of Arshad Khan as the PTV chairman has been filed in Islamabad High Court.

A single bench of the IHC comprising Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani will Monday (today) conduct hearing of the petition moved by petitioner Perviz Akhtar Bhatti, secretary general PTV Employees and Workers Union.

The petitioner moved the court through his counsel Ali Nawaz Kharral and cited the federation through secretary Cabinet Division, secretary Ministry of Information, Chairman PTV, PTV Board of Directors, Arshad Khan and Chairman Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) as respondents.

He adopted in his petition that Arshad Khan was illegally and unlawfully appointed as the PTV chairman.

Bhatti contended that Supreme Court held in its judgment that though the federal government was empowered under section 183 (b) of the Companies Ordinance 1984 read with Article 83 of AOA to appointment a Director to the Board of PTV but it had to do so by following the procedure prescribed in Clause (iii) of SI No 141 of the Esta Code and the process additionally required transparency, merit and fairness in the appointment of public functionaries.

He argued that the Supreme Court had directed time and again to fill public posts strictly in accordance with the law and keeping in view the eligibility based on an objective criterion. He maintained that the appointment of Arshad Khan was in utter and gross violation of PLD 2012 SC 132 (Tauqir Sadiq’s case) and 2013 SCMR 1159 (Ashraf Tiwana’s case).

Therefore, in his petition, he prayed to the court it may declare the appointment of Arshad Khan as Chairman PTVC be declared as illegal, unlawful, and based on extraneous considerations. He requested the court to declare his appointment in violation of and negation of the provisions and requirements postulated by the Companies Act 2017 and the Rules of 2013 and the judgment passed by this court dated 7-5-2019.

He also pleaded to the court to direct the respondents to commence the process of appointment of the director(s) of BoD of PTV including the chairman thereof in accordance with the law i.e Public Sector Companies (Corporate Governance) Rules, 2013.

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