PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench has dismissed a writ petition challenging the appointment of University of Chitral project director by the provincial government and declared as legal appointment of Prof Bacha Munir Bukhari against the said post.

A bench comprising Justice Ikramullah Khan and Justice Mussarat Hilali pronounced the order after completion of arguments by the lawyers over the writ petition filed by Dr Ismail Wali.

The petitioner’s counsel contended that his client was senior most teacher in the college cadre. He stated that in 2017 the government had advertised the post of project director for Chitral University and had sought applications from candidates.

The counsel stated that the government instead of appointing the petitioner on merit had appointed the present project director on political grounds.

Advocate for Prof Bacha Munir contended that his client had remained director planning and development at University of Peshawar and had an experience of 19 years in the said university.

Published in Dawn, May 29th, 2019