Expressing its anger over the government's deportation of Mesut Kacmaz, his wife and two teenage daughters despite its ruling not to do so, the Lahore High Court (LHC) issued a contempt of court notice to the federal government for October 20.
Mesut, the former vice president of Pak-Turk International Schools and Colleges, and his family were allegedly abducted by personnel of the intelligence agency from their house in Lahore's Wapda Town on September 27.
The attorney general had also undertaken before the court that the Turkish employees of Pak-Turk Schools would not be deported till November 24.
However, the Pakistan government secretly deported the family on October 14.
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He said the incumbent Turkish government resorted to persecution of employees associated with Pak-Turk Schools system on political grounds.
The daughters, aged 14 and 10, also said that Turkish police manhandled their father during the flight, he said.
A government source told PTI that the decision to deport some families having links with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's rival Fathullah Gulen had been taken in a recent meeting in Istanbul between Pakistan's Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Erdogan.
He said the Chief Minister could not bear the pressure of Erdogan whom he termed as Sharif brothers "fast friend".
As many as 32 Pak-Turk schools and colleges were running in Pakistan.
After the Turkish government had demanded their closure, an NGO started operating the schools and colleges.
Some 115 Turkish nationals were performing at different positions in these educational institutions and more than 11,000 Pakistanis were studying in the school chain.
So far 30 Turkish families have been deported from Pakistan and more than 70 are still in the country on the UNHCR asylum certificate.
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