ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has written a letter to the newly appointed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) caretaker Chief Minister Justice Dost Muhammad Khan to return two official vehicles and a Naibqasid (messenger) for his use.
According to a local media report, the letter was written on Saturday, however, before that Justice Dost was informally contacted for the same purpose but he inquired whether there was any specific order for the withdrawal of the cars
While hearing a Suo Motu case related to withdrawal of officials vehicles from former ministers and officers, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar last week noted that the judge had been appointed against a political post and the court would withdraw the SC’s official car presently in his use.
According to a senior official in the SC, generally, it is a practice that judges use vehicles, staff and house for six months after retirement. Most of the judges return vehicles and lower staff soon after their retirement, but there are precedents when retired judges retained such things for six months.