An Islamabad High Court (IHC) division bench on Thursday suspended an earlier order of the removal of retired Major General Hafeezur Rehman from the post of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority’s (PTA) chairperson.
The bench, comprising Justices Muhammad Asif and Inaam Ameen Minhas, took up Rehman’s intra-court appeal against the ruling issued by Justice Babar Sattar, which had ordered the PTA chief’s removal over his “illegal” appointment to the position on a plea filed by digital rights activist Usama Khilji in 2023.
Advocate Qasim Wadood appeared as the counsel for the PTA chairman, while Additional Attorney General Salman Mansoor was also present.
During the hearing, Wadood contended that “relief which was not even sought in the petition had been granted” in the earlier order.
From : DAWN