Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial: I am very grateful that the members of this commission have assembled today from faraway places as well as from rain drench places such like Karachi. But first of all.
Sindh High Court declares KESC privatisation legal after 15 years
Dismisses 2005 petition SAMAA | Irfan Ul Haque Posted: Jan 21, 2021 | Last Updated: 2 months ago
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The Sindh High Court announced after 15 years that the privatization of KESC (now called K-Electric) was legal.
It has now turned down the KESC Labour Unionâs petition against
the 2005 privatization. The petitioner was unable to prove to the court that
the privatization was against the law.
Justice Aqeel Abbasi headed a two-judge bench that had
earlier reserved its verdict in the case.
In 2005, the government, which initially had 98% of KESCâs
shares, sold 71% of its shares to the Kanooz Al-Watan-led Saudi consortium. The
SHC issues written verdict on termination of KPT employees
SHC issues written verdict on termination of KPT employees
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The Sindh High Court issued on Saturday a written verdict on plea challenging the termination of 1,200 employees of the Karachi Port Trust (KPT), who were allegedly illegally appointed while Babar Ghauri was the federal minister for ports and shipping.
A two-member-bench, comprising Justice Aqeel Abbasi and Justice Abdul Maalik Gaddi, issued the verdict.
Earlier, the court had issued an interim verdict on the plea, setting aside the notification terminating 1,200 KPT workers.
The interim verdict was issued after the defence lawyer had told the court that 1,200 employees in question had been appointed at the KPT between June 2012 and March 2013, as per the rules.
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