SHC directs Nawabshah commissioner to ensure no civil servant works as journalist

Petitioner claims govt employees may have embezzled funds from Nawabshah Press Club

HYDERABAD: In a petition claiming that government servants are working as journalists and occupying positions in the Nawabshah Press Club (NPC), the Sindh High Court (SHC) ordered on Friday the Nawabshah Division Commissioner to take action.
The bench, comprising Justice Salahuddin Panhwar and Justice Fahim Ahmed Siddiqi, directed the commissioner to ensure that no civil servant shall work as a journalist.



education secretary, works and services secretary and commissioner, deputy commissioner, SSP and other respondents on notice. They have been directed to submit a reply on the next hearing on August 23.

The petitioner, Marghoob Hussain, pleaded the court to order the authorities concerned to stop public servants from working as media professionals. He alleged that some government employees-cum-journalists have occupied important positions in the management of NPC, claiming that they may have embezzled funds from the club.

A copy of the notification available with The Express Tribune