The government on Tuesday resolved to fight against all the negative forces so that the writ of the government remained with those mandated by the people of Pakistan to exercise it.
The government also decided in principle that an Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday morning against the Monday’s decision of appointment of executive member, cancellation of a meeting and suspension of three show-cause notices.
The government will also file an appeal with the Supreme Court against the Monday’s decision of IHC.The government is aware of the incidents of putting ‘selected property’ of one organisation on fire on some allegations which are basically being leveled against four different organizations.
Top sources also confided to The News that the government was aware of some terrible incidents of kidnapping and torture and same will be taken up at the highest level and no one will be allowed to humiliate the citizens of Pakistan.
Sources say the government will handle the situation regarding conspiracy in Pemra against the democratic government’s writ and will sort out all issues strictly in accordance with law and relevant rules and regulations.
Top officials in the federal government say the statement made by some members of Pemra that “the federal government was conspiring against its armed forces and that the government wants to disrespect the state institutions” on May 20 was a horrible conspiracy to create some misunderstandings between the state institutions and to create chaos.
Government sources say this situation will be handled under the laws of land in a way that no one could dare conspire against Pakistan in future.
Government officials say government respects the judiciary and will obey all its decisions in letter and spirit. Senior Pemra officials say under the Pemra rule 3(4) only chairman can summon an authority meeting and no one else can summon a meeting in any case whatsoever.
Pemra’s top officials say under this rule, majority of members of the authority (there are total 13 members; 12 members and one chairman who is also a member), meaning at least seven members can request the chairman to call a meeting. It means even majority of members cannot call the meeting on their own and have to request the chairman.
According to senior Pemra officials if the chairman refuses to call a meeting despite request of majority of members they will have to challenge this in a court of law as it is their right under rule 3(4) but even then they cannot call a meeting.
On the other hand, according to Pemra officials the Supreme Court had held on January 15, 2013 in “Hamid Mir Vs Federation” case that Pemra was incompetent to pass content regulations in the absence of chairman. Presently, there is no chairman, so the authority could not function in these matters.
Some powers of chairman were vested in a three-member committee comprising Pemra members Pervaiz Rathore, Dr Ismail Shah and Israr Abbasi.However, Israr Abbasi later resigned from this three member committee. A Pemra press release has announced that Israr Abbasi had resigned from the authority but in his video interviews and press statements. Israr Abbasi has clarified that he had resigned from the three-member management committee and not from the membership of authority.
Some members led by Israr Abbasi want to stage a drama today (Wednesday) at 2:30 pm like they did on May 20 which Pemra had to declare as illegal immediately. The government is all set to handle this situation again as it is basically meant to defame some state institutions and can create a very disturbing situation in the country if allowed to continue unattended.
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