Islamabad: Pakistan’s cabinet has removed Naeem Bukhari, a close aide of Prime Minister Imran Khan, on the orders of the High Court, from the post of President of Government Pakistan Television (PTV). Several media reports said that the move was taken after the High Court barred him from acting as the head of the channel.
Supreme Court lawyer, leader and former TV presenter Bukhari was appointed the head of the government channel in November last year, after which he was criticized for getting the benefit of being close to Prime Minister Khan. The Islamabad High Court, while hearing several petitions filed for his appointment, on Thursday barred Bukhari from serving as the chairman of PTV and called it a violation of the Supreme Court order in a similar case in 2018. .
Justice Meinallah remarked that the cabinet did not take a clear decision on relaxing the age limit of 65-year-old Bukhari. ‘Dawn News’ quoted Union Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhary as saying that the cabinet issued a circular to remove Bukhari and two other directors of PTV from their posts as they were 65 years old. There is more. Geo News reported that the cabinet also removed Amber Manzoor from the post of Managing Director of PTV. Manzoor was removed from the post on January 1.
