Non-submission of reports by provinces in a case pertaining to job quota for disabled persons irked the Supreme Court on Monday.
A two-member bench headed by Justice Azmat Saeed Khosa mulled over issuing contempt notice to the provincial chief secretaries for failing to comply with the top court directives. During the hearing, the additional attorney general sought an hour for written replies to be submitted in the court.
The petitioner lamented that officials have displayed a non-serious attitude in the case. Justice Khosa assured him that the court will guarantee their fundamental rights. “The officials will be dealt with.”
It is pertinent to mention that the bench had dismissed previous reports after tagging them ‘general in nature’.
Published in Daily Times, December 4th 2018.
