Justice Riaz Ahmad Khan of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday issued notices to the defence secretary, National Engineering and Scientific Commission (NESCOM) chairman and others on a contempt of court petition filed against some contractual employees of NESCOM despite getting retirement from the same department. During the course of hearing, the counsel for four serving officials of NESCOM, Raja Saifur Rehman said all the blue-eyed officers of NESCOM, who had retired, were holding the same positions on a contractual basis and had obtained several extensions. The petitioner named the NESCOM chairman and defence secretary respondents. He said in this way they had blocked the promotion of junior officers, who were petitioners in the writ petition, although their services were not indispensable, adding that some of the junior officials were more qualified than the seniors. The lawyer said the Supreme Court had also termed this practice a violation of fundamental rights of the employees.
IHC summons defence secy in plea against NESCOM contract employees
