PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court (PHC) bench on Wednesday declared illegal the restriction of vehicular and equipment movement of a private company at the Bacha Khan International Airport (BKIA), according to a report by a private media outlet.
Gerry’s Dnata, a joint venture company having foreign investment of Emirates Group moved the PHC against a letter of the Pakistan Air Force’s (PAF) Peshawar base commander issued to the Peshawar Airport Security Force’s chief security officer last year about restriction on the movement of the petitioner’s vehicles and ground handling equipment for security reasons.
Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth and Justice Musarrat Hilali announced the short order declaring the letter illegal after hearing the arguments of lawyers for the petitioner and respondents, including the PAF base commander.
Ali Gohar Durrani, the lawyer for the petitioner, said that even though the Civil Aviation Authority director general had given approval for the renewal of licence agreement to his client to provide the ground handling services at the Bacha Khan International Airport, Peshawar, besides other airports through a letter on Dec 8, 2016, his client was harassed over vehicular and equipment movement.
The PAF lawyer said the movement of the petitioner company vehicles was restricted due to security reasons as military operations were in progress in different areas.
He requested the court to dismiss the petition keeping in view the security situation.
