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January 8, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday set aside the verdict of Peshawar High Court (PHC) declaring unconstitutional the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Civil Servant Amendment Act, 2019 that increased the retirement age of the government servants from 60 to 63 years.
A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed, heard the petition filed by the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) challenging the PHC verdict. The court after hearing to the parties set aside the PHC verdict and remanded back to high court for deciding the matter afresh and on merit.
Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed, however, observed that the law cannot be ruled wrong on the reservations of some civil servants. The chief justice noted that it is the government’s job to make the law and the court’s job to enforce them. The CJP remarked that the law is made as per the Constitution and not Rules of Business.