ISLAMABAD: Violating a Supreme Court judgment that a leading member of its own government, Khawaja Asif, had sought during the caretaker administration, the PML-N government has dismissed and appointed heads of public sector organisations without following the laid-down appointment guidelines.
Many appointments were made in the last six months without advertising the posts and following the process laid down for the appointment of heads of public sector organisations in the Khawaja Asif case. The most glaring example of a violation is the case of the managing director Nespak, which appears to have relatively gone undetected. Amjad Khan was appointed, it is alleged, at the behest of the now speaker of the National Assembly, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, and, ironically, with the patronage of the Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Asif.
The post was never advertised and the board of directors consisting of mainly senior civil servants had already been approached by government officials and told that Amjad Khan was to be appointed hence the unanimous decision of the board to appoint him.
Asad Khan said that the prime reason of his removal was that he did not promote two officers recommended by the sitting NA speaker. Rather than following the court order, the PML-N government has not only been disregarding the order in its own appointments but retrospectively implementing it for those whom they want to replace with their own people. INTERNEWS
