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Supreme Court upholds PST decision on teachers allowances
Lahore
February 9, 2021
LAHORE:The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed an appeal of the Punjab government and upheld a decision of the Punjab Service Tribunal about provision of allowances to the Secondary School Teachers (SSTs) from the date of their initial appointment as contract employees.
Representing the government’s appeal, Additional Advocate General Rana Shamshad Khan argued that the order of the tribunal had multiple legal flaws. He said the tribunal’s order, if implemented, would cause a huge burden on the national exchequer as there were over hundred thousand in the province. Headed by Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik, a two-judge bench observed that apparently the government wanted to pay a salary to the teachers what they were getting 10 years ago.
Backstory: The Vantage Point From Which to Tell the Story of the Farmersâ Protests
A fortnightly column from The Wire s public editor.
Farmers raise slogans at Ghazipur border on January 30. Photo: PTI
Rights30/Jan/2021
While covering the ceaseless swirls and eddies in the epic farmersâ agitation on Delhiâs borders, a professional journalist would need to arrive at a vantage point from which to view, report and analyse the developments, in order to tell this history-making story with some degree of credibility and seriousness.
Many media persons have not had to search too hard to find their respective vantage points. Some are happy to be guided by TRPs, circulation figures, or the hits they can garner in their search for the perfect perch. A great many are content to occupy a roost crafted for them by an authoritarian, micro-managing political apparatus through the agency of supine and mendacious managements. All they, on their part, have to do is to suspend criti
SC seeks sealed restaurants’ report from PFA
National
January 30, 2021
LAHORE: The Supreme Court on Friday sought a report from the Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on statistics of the restaurants it sealed along with the reasons.
Headed by Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik, a three-member bench at the Lahore registry was hearing an appeal of a restaurant namely Lung Fung against its sealing by the PFA allegedly without a prior notice. Representing the appellant, Advocate Irfan Khan Ghaznavi argued that the PFA sealed the restaurant without any lawful authority. He said the law of the PFA did not provide a procedure for unsealing a sealed restaurant. The counsel argued that the officials of the PFA had been involved in misuse of their authority, which had been proved detrimental for business activities.