IHC to take up Maj Gen Hafeez ur Rehman's petition tomorrow

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) will take up the plea of Maj Gen (R) Hafeez ur Rehman against his removal as chairman of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Thursday (September 18).

A bench consisting of Justice Muhammad Asif and Justice Inam Amin Minhas will hear the case.

On Tuesday, Justice Babar Sattar of the IHC ordered Rehman’s removal as PTA chairman due to his “illegal” appointment to the position.

The decision came in a case filed by digital rights activist Usama Khilji in 2023.

Rehman later filed an urgent intra-court appeal against the verdict.

The order said the court had admitted the petition for hearing and directed the government not to proceed with the hiring, following which the government had filed an appeal for a stay of the court injunction, which was partially accepted, as the court had subsequently allowed the recruitment process to continue while warning that any appointment would be subject to the final determination in the case.