SC tells high-paid executives to return cash

Gives three month deadline for payments

LAHORE: The Supreme Court ordered on Monday all executive officers working in 56 public sector companies to return any salary amount above Rs300,000 per month within three months.

NAB officials submitted a report about officials who were drawing salaries above Rs300,000.

NAB’s prosecutor said that 58 officers cumulatively received Rs520.074 million in salaries from their respective companies.

He said that 34 officers had offered to voluntarily return the amounts in instalments.

According to the report, Ahad Khan Cheema got Rs50.14 million while Mujahid Sher Dil received Rs 20.41 million.

The Chief Justice remarked that more time could not be given for returning the money.

“No one will return a single penny after my departure,” the CJP remarked.

He observed that the matter of the return of extraordinary salaries could be disposed of, but NAB should continue to probe the matter of misuse of power.

Shaheen Air ordered to pay compensation

Rejecting Shaheen Air’s plea to allow it three weeks to pay compensation, the Supreme Court ordered that compensation should be paid to passengers who were stuck in China within a week.

A three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar, passed the order.

The counsel for Shaheen Air contended that a committee had been formed to pay a compensation of Rs100,000 to passengers who had been trapped at an airport in China. He requested for allowing the airline three weeks to pay compensation.

Rejecting the plea, the bench observed that the compensation amount should not be limited to just Rs100,000.

Passengers’ rights should be protected, the CJP observed, adding that people had suffered because of the airline.

The airline was also directed to deposit a fine of Rs20 million.

The bench observed that the court would decide the matter.