SC reserves verdict on sacked employees case

Islamabad: The Supreme Court (SC) has reserved its judgment in a case related to sacking around 16,000 government employees on Thursday.

A five-member bench of the apex court headed by Justice Umer Ata Bandial heard the case related to Sacked Employees (Reinstatement) Act 2010.

During the hearing, Justice Umer Ata Bandial remarked that this case is not for review, this case has been heard again.

The federal government requested the apex court to recall its judgment that had struck down the Sacked Employees (Reinstatement) Act 2010. In pursuance of the court’s last order, Attorney General Khalid Javed submitted proposals on behalf of the government and pleaded to recall the judgment striking down the Sacked Employees (Reinstatement) Act 2010.

The Supreme Court, after hearing the arguments of the parties, reserved its verdict in the case regarding sacking of government employees, which will be announced tomorrow at 11am.

A day earlier, the federal government submitted its proposal to the Supreme Court on the reinstatement of employees who were sacked through its Aug 17 verdict that struck down the Sacked Employees (Reinstatement) Ordinance Act, 2010, rendering thousands of workers jobless.

Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Khalid Jawed Khan submitted the proposals before the larger bench hearing review petitions against the SC judgment.

The proposals included that employees who had received their pension as soon as they were reinstated would no longer be eligible for it.

It further proposed that the amount paid to the employees would not be recovered. The AGP informed the court that the sacked employees belonged to 38 different federal agencies.

“It will be seen the court verdict is not be affected by the proposals,” he added. Justice Bandial noted that the court would consider the proposals and give its opinion on Thursday.