RAWALPINDI
A division bench comprising justice Mirza Waqas Rauf and justice Owais Khalid of Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench has admitted for hearing the intra court appeal against the privatization of national airlines PIA.
The petition has been filed by Sardar Ambar Maqsood through his counsel Nazakat Hussain `in the court.
Federation has been made respondent through secretary cabinet division, secretary privatization commission, secretary aviation, chief executive officer PIA and managing director.
Plea has been taken in the petition that single bench had dismissed the petition despite availability of all legal documents in haste through the hasty decision on June 27 this year. According to petition the privatization of national entity was not transparent as per rules and regulations laid down in the advertisement of privatization commission because valuation of the entity like PIA was not made correctly. Access to vital national assets is right of every Pakistani including the petitioner . Therefore, court should nullify the decision of single bench and order for correct valuation of the entity so that the national kitty could be saved from major loss.
The court inquired from the petitioner do you want to purchase PIA.
The counsel for the petitioner replied no, we want the decision according to law.
The court remarked the advertisements, the violation of which you are mentioning are not available in file. How it will be proved these advertisements are as per law or otherwise.
The court while ordering counsel for petitioner to further provide more documents adjourned the hearing of the case for indefinite period.
