IHC asks Vadiyya Khalil to resume her services as CCP chair.

ISLAMABAD -- The Islamabad High Court on Monday ruled a government notification null and void that dismissed the Chairperson of Competition Commission of Pakistan, Vadiyya Khalil.

IHC revoked another notification issued by the government to dismiss Muhammad Saleem and Dr Shehzad Ansari, two other members of the commission. The high court directed both members to resume their services.

IHC Judge Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb announced the verdict, stating that the government cannot dismiss officials without following the prescribed rules and procedures.

Khalil and other members of the commission who were dismissed had challenged the finance division's notification which was issued on October 15, 2018.

The division's decision came after the federal cabinet's approval on October 4, 2018.

Khalil was appointed as the commission's chairperson on October 14, 2017, for a term of three years. Ansari, Saleem were appointed on December 4, 2017 for a period of three years.

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led government's then Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry had said that Khalil and other members of the commission had been appointed illegally.

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