MTIs policy board members move court against their removal.

PESHAWAR -- Four recently sacked members of the policy board of Medical Teaching Institutions (MTIs) on Wednesday moved Peshawar High Court, challenging their removal by the provincial government.

A petition was jointly filed by the ousted members named Mohammad Tahir, Dr Zeeshan bin Ishtiaque, Maj Gen Salahuddin Qasim and Prof Ghazala Mahmud, requesting the court to declare as illegal and set aside the notification issued by the health department on March 28 through which it was notified that the chairman and members of the policy board ceased to hold offices with immediate effect.

They also requested the court to declare as illegal the decision of the caretaker provincial cabinet in its meeting on March 16 to remove the petitioners as members of the MTIs policy board.

The respondents in the petition are: KP government through its chief secretary, KP health secretary, KP administration department through its secretary and the Election Commission of Pakistan through its secretary.

Accuse caretaker govt of overstepping its mandate

The petition is filed through Advocate Ali Gohar Durrani.

The petitioners have cited multiple grounds for challenging the decision of the government, stating that the caretaker government had overstepped its mandate given under the Constitution of Pakistan and Elections Act, 2017.

They have also sought declaration of the court that the role of the caretaker setup is confined to running day-to-day affairs of the state with the help of available machinery/resources/manpower, and cannot take policy decisions and permanent measures including recruitments, making appointments, transfers and postings and removals.

The petitioners also requested the court to direct the implementation of different judgments of Supreme Court regarding the powers and functions of a caretaker government.

They stated that they were members of the policy board of MTIs and were appointed under section 4-A of...