Communication and Works Department case: SC fines KP govt Rs0.5 mn over misinformation.

ISLAMABAD -- Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday imposed Rs500,000 fine on the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government over misleading by providing false information and ordered the provincial authorities to submit the fine in Edhi Foundation. The court has directed Chief Minister KP Mehmood Khan to immediate take action against the responsible.

Three-member bench of Supreme Court of Pakistan headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Gulzar Ahmed conducted the hearing of illegal appointments made in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Communication and Works Department where Advocate General KP appeared before the court.

During the hearing, AG KP told the court that 17 persons had been recruited in 2009 and they were terminated from the job in the same year. The terminated employees moved to Peshawar High Court (PHC) which had restored their jobs through a judgment. To this, CJP remarked whether the provincial authorities had reviewed its application and accepted its mistake in the matter.

After AG KP admitted the mistake as the petition had been filed in 2012, CJP Ahmed expressed outrage and remarked that the apex court should have suspended all employees of the Advocate General Office. He continued that the court will suspend all employees of the AG Office and order the chief minister to appoint new...