The Supreme Court (SC) on Saturday declared the Sindh High Court’s (SHC) verdict in the case of giving jobs to the children of deceased National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) employees null and void. A three-member bench, comprising Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Hassan Azhar Rizvi and Justice Aqeel Ahmad Abbasi, heard the case.

The apex court directed the NBP president to decide the applications filed in 2019 and 2022 in light of the policy enforced at that time within three months and inform it. The SC noted that the applications filed by the deceased employees’ children kept pending for years, and yet no response was given.

“Not implementing the policy on giving employment to these children also constitutes a violation of the principles of justice.”The court also made it clear that its decisions took effect from future unless it itself mentioned in its verdicts that these would have a retrospective effect. The SHC had rejected the application filed by deceased employees’ children in light of the verdict given in the General Post Office case.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)