Rasool Mehsud has been removed as the managing director of the National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC), an official notification said on Wednesday. Mehsud will be replaced with Naveed Ismail. On Monday, Federal Minister for Water and Power Ahmed Mukhtar declared that he and Mehsud could not hold their respective posts at the same time. Mukhtar had alleged that Mehsud was using his contacts to retain his position, adding that he would leave the ministry if Mehsud continued working on his position. The Water and Power Minister had issued orders to suspend Mehsud after Ahmed Mukhtar took charge of the ministry.
