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Dense fog forces closure of motorway sections

  Dense fog in various cities of Punjab, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has badly affected the traffic flow on motorways on night between Thursday and Friday, Dunya News reported. The thick fog has badly affected the flow of road traffic in several cities. According to a Motorway spokesperson, the Motorway M1 from Peshawar to Rashkai, Motorway M2 from Lahore to Hiran Minar, Motorway M3 from Faizpur to Jaranwala, Motorway M4 from Sheh Shah to Sham Kot, Motorway M5 from Multan to Zahir Pir and Ghotki to Rohri and have been closed for all kind of traffic. The Motorway police have appealed the drivers to use Grand Trunk (GT) Road for travelling. They have also urged the drivers to drive slowly and switch on fog lights. The Motorway police have also requested the people to stay home and avoid unnecessary travelling. Dense fog has also disrupted traffic at several places in the province at the National Highway due to low visibility.  
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Pakistan court cancels telecom chief’s appointment over rule violations, favoritism

 ISLAMABAD: A high court in Pakistan’s capital on Tuesday canceled the appointment of Major General (retired) Hafeez-ur-Rehman as the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) chairman over violation of rules and favoritism.

Rehman was first appointed PTA member (administration) and in May 2023, he was appointed the chairman of the authority. The petitioner, Usama Khilji, challenged Rehman’s appointment as PTA member (administration), saying it was in contravention of PTA rules.

In his verdict, Islamabad High Court (IHC) judge Babar Sattar stated that Rehman’s appointment as the PTA chairman was not legally valid, adding that a senior member of the authority should be appointed as the chairman temporarily.

“The creation of the office of Member (Administration) and the appointment made under it are void and of no legal effect,” the judge stated in the verdict. “The recruitment process suffered from mala fide in law and lacked transparency.” 

The petitioner said the federal cabinet had not created any additional post and the announcement of the induction of a new member was in breach of the PTA appointment rules, which did not envisage the position of member (administration).

“The statutory criteria were tailored to induct a pre-determined individual… the increase in the age limit also suggests that the respondents have already been tipped as to who the Member (Administration) is to be, and the statutory criteria have been relaxed to accommodate the said person,” the verdict read. 

“Making appointments to public offices that are not the products of a transparent, comparative and manifestly fair process is not a right of an elected government or a matter of Executive policy, but an abdication of the required allegiance to the rule of law.” 

The IHC judge said since the entire process of Rehman’s appointment as the member (administration) and as the PTA chairman was found to “suffer from malice in law being the product of an unconstitutional and illegal recruitment process, he shall cease to hold such appointments and shall immediately relinquish charge.”

He ordered that the senior-most serving PTA member be given charge of the office of PTA chairman till the time the federal government appoints a regular chairman.

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