Court declares over 140 Nowshera LB appointments illegal.

PESHAWAR -- The Peshawar High Court has declared illegal the appointment of around 144 employees to the Nowshera tehsil council from 2013 to 2018 by the then tehsil administration.

A bench consisting of Chief Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth and Justice Mohammad Naeem Anwar accepted a petition filed by 36 affected people, including Fozia Inayat, who claimed that the appointments were made on political grounds by the then tehsil nazim, Ahad Khattak, who is the nephew of former chief minister Pervez Khattak, and the tehsil municipal officer.

The petitioners had requested the court to declare the appointments illegal and based on nepotism for being made in violation of the rules.

The bench announced the verdict in a short order. The detailed judgment will be released later.

Shah Faisal Ilyas, lawyer for the petitioners, said the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had also probed the matter and filed a reference against 16 people, including the former tehsil nazim Ahad Khattak.

He said his clients were well qualified as they were graduates and held diploma in information technology.

The lawyer said the appointments were made in violation of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Civil servants (Appointment, Posting and Transfers) Rules, 1989.

He said his clients had valid unemployment cards issued by the district employment exchange.

The lawyer said the APT Rules provided procedure for initial recruitment of all Class-IV employees in government departments.

He said under rules, the appointment to grades 1-4 would be made on the recommendations of departmental selection committee through...

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