Pakistan

SC cancels notification of Sohails relegation

The SC has cancelled the notification of making Sohail Ahmad officer on special duty (OSD).

29 July,2011 12:50 pm

The Supreme Court has cancelled the notification of relegation of Sohail Ahmed from the post of establishment secretary to the post of ‘officer on special duty’.The court in its detailed verdict said that the notification to make Sohail Ahmed an OSD was not correct.Earlier, AG also told the court that he was not able to contact Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani over the relegation of Sohail Ahmed from the post of establishment secretary to a sinecure post of ‘officer on special duty’.Suhail Ahmed has been punished for obeying the court’s orders to transfer Hussain Asghar, the IG of Gilgit-Baltistan, back to the FIA to enable him to resume investigation into the unprecedented mismanagement in last year’s Haj operations. The move angered the government because the secretary did not seek the prime minister’s approval.