SHC tells law officer to hold consultation for implementation of free education law
Karachi
By Jamal Khurshid
The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday directed a federal law officer to convene a meeting of relevant officers of the education department to discuss the schemes and proposals for the implementation of the Sindh Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2013.
Hearing petitions filed by rights activists and organisations seeking the implementation of the 2013 law, a division bench of the SHC headed by Justice Mohammmad Ali Mazhar inquired the federal law officer about the government response to proposals of the petitioners’ counsel for effective implementation of the law.
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Jamal Khurshid
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Thursday dismissed identical petitions against the privatisation of Karachi Electric Supply Corporation, now K-Electric, and transfer of the company’s shares and administrative control to a Dubai-based company and declared that the privatization process adopted in respect of sale/transfer of shares of KESC does not violate the constitutional mandate. The court observed that privatization of KESC was the result of policy making decision by the executive authority and once the competent authority in the government has taken a decision, which is backed by law, rules and regulations and does not suffer from any malafide, then it would not be in consonance with the wellestablished norms of judicial review to interfere in policy making decision of the executive authority. The court declared that the petitioners have failed to establish the malafide on the part of government and privatization commission in respect of sale/transfer of the sh