SHC bars PIA CEO Air Marshal Arshad Malik from performing duty

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Plea was filed by general secretary of SSA Safdar Anjum in SHC against appointment of CEO of PIA

KARACHI (Dunya news) – The Sindh High Court (SHC) stopped CEO of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Air Marshal Arshad Malik from working. Court also prohibited new hiring, transfers and termination of employees.

A plea was filed by general secretary of SSA Safdar Anjum in SHC against appointment of Air Marshal Arshad Malik as CEO of PIA. Petitioner argued that Arshad Malik does not fulfill eligibility criteria for CEO and neither has he had any previous experience of working in an airline.

While hearing the plea SHC prohibited sale of assets worth more than Rs10 million, policy making, new hiring, transfers and termination of employees.