Shaheen maintained that his clients had been working as junior analysts in the ISI for the past seven years, but they had not been regularised despite the IHC’s directive. PHOTO: FILE
A capital court on Thursday issued notices to the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) chief and secretary defence to demand why criminal proceeding should not be initiated against them for violating an earlier directive.
Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) Justice Riaz Ahmed Khan has asked ISI Director General Lt Gen. Zaheerul Islam, Defence Secretary Lt Gen. (retd) Asif Yasin Malik, Establishment Secretary Tamiur Azmat Usman and chairman of the Cabinet Subcommittee on Regularisation of Contractual Employees to submit their replies next week.
A counsel representing four contract employees of ISI including Sajjad Ali informed the court that the respondents had not complied with the court order issued last December to regularise them. Shoaib Shaheen maintained that his clients had been working as junior analysts in the ISI for the past seven years, but they had not been regularised despite the IHC’s directive. He informed the court that a sub-committee under the supervision of Khurshid Shah was supposed to regularise employees of various government institutions, but his clients were ignored.
He requested the court to start criminal proceeding against the respondents for ignoring the order.
Multiple contempt petitions filed by employees from government institutions are pending with the IHC in which petitioners have requested the court to take notice of violations. Former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani had regularised thousands of employees working in government institutions, but the sub-committee failed to implement the order, forcing employees to approach the court.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 8th, 2013.
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