ISLAMABAD: The Senate’s Standing Committee for Human Rights has directed the management of Pakistan Television to resolve the issue of pensions and wages of the state television’s employees.
The chairman of the committee, Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar, warned the PTV administration that the matter will be referred to NAB if it failed to resolve it.
The Senate body also recommended the government and the Ministry of Information to decide the matter of appointment of the new managing director soon.
Pakistan People’s Party Senator Farhatullah Babar asked why the court’s decision about MD PTV was not implemented. He urged the board to clarify the matter.
Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry in the committee’s hearing said that the cabinet had demanded a business plan from the PTV board by December 20. The board decided the matter of salaries in hurry but it failed to submit the business plan.
The minister said that the PTV had failed to win the bidding of Pakistan Super League (PSL). The matter should be investigated that whether it deliberately happened to extend benefit to someone.
The Prime Minister’s Office has written a letter that the PTV board will appoint the MD, the minister said adding that the matter is being subjected to lobbying.
Published in Daily Times, March 6th 2019.
