In a bid to get an edge in the Supreme Court’s hearing set for coming Monday, HEC Chairman Dr Javaid Leghari restrained the members of HEC’s governing body to take any step regarding alleged illegal extension given to Dr Sohail Naqvi.
In its meeting held on Friday, rather than deciding on the lingering issue of Dr Sohail Naqvi’s appointment, the HEC’s governing body referred the case to the apex court.
The HEC Chairman’s letter in which he had accepted Establishment Division’s notification had already been produced in the Supreme Court in the previous hearing.
After the development, Dr Leghari changed his own decision of accepting Chaudhry Qamar Zaman as acting ED, arguing that he did not consult HEC members before accepting the government’s decision. And while chairing the HEC meeting on Friday, he left it to the Supreme Court to decide the matter.
Meanwhile, hundreds of HEC employees who had gathered outside the meeting’s venue chanted slogans against Dr Leghari for “misguiding the members of the Commission and stopping them from accepting the prime minister’s order”.
They demanded the HEC chairman resign as he was openly supporting illegal extension in the tenure of Dr Naqvi.