The Sindh High Court has directed the Sindh government for immediate payment of group insurance to its employees in a petition seeking payment of group insurance to 500,000 employees of the provincial government.
The petitioner's counsel argued that in other provinces the policy amount is paid on retirement but the retired employees of Sindh are made to wait till the age of 65 years.
The court expressed anger over state life for delaying the claim payments for a long time. Justice Salahuddin Panhwar remarked that even after keeping the amount of Rs.2.5 billion, you are not making claim payments. "A criminal case may be filed against the State Life Corporation," the court warned.
The provincial finance secretary said that the claims of the legal heirs of 5,000 employees deceased employees were pending. The court directed that the procedure for verification of the claim should be simplified. The court ordered the Sindh government to pay group insurance to the employees immediately. The court directed the Sindh government to amend the law like other provinces.
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Two murder suspects
acquitted
The Sindh High Court has granted the appeal of two suspects in a case pertaining to murder of four members of the same family. A two-member bench headed by Justice KK Agha while ruling on the appeals of the accused Adil Hussain and Abdul Basit acquitted them.
The court ruled that the statement of witness Muneeza could not be fully relied upon. The accused were sentenced by a special court to life imprisonment and fines. Defence lawyer Khawaja Naveed Advocate had argued that the murder was a result of a dispute between the Muttahida Qaumi Movement and Lyari Gang War. The police implicated the innocent citizens in the case to showcase their progress, he alleged.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 11th, 2021.
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