ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday sought a reply from the federal government regarding the Central Board of Film Censor’s (CBFC) failure to fill vacant slots of chairman and board secretary despite the lapse of a long time. Appearing before a single-member bench of the IHC comprising Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb, the petitioner’s advocate contended that the federal government is running the affairs of the CBFC board on an ad-hoc basis. “Besides, the post of chairman is held by a person who happens to be a serving government officer, also working as a director to the information minister,” the advocate added. He urged the court to issue directives to government and other respondents to fill the slots of chairman, vice-chairmen and board secretary within a reasonable time and in accordance with the law. After hearing arguments of the council, the IHC issued notices to respondents of the case while granting them a month in the matter.

Source: Pakistan Today April 08, 2019 17:07 UTC