130,000 Wapda, electricity workers protest privatisation countrywide
National
February 4, 2021
LAHORE: Around 130,000 electricity and Wapda workers observed protest day countrywide under the aegis of All Pakistan Wapda Hydroelectric Workers Union (CBA) by holding protest rallies in Peshawar and other cities of KP, Hyderabad, Sukkur and other cities of Sindh, in Quetta and other cities of Balochistan, and in Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Multan and other cities of Punjab.
In Lahore, thousands of workers held a mass rally outside the Punjab Assembly and demanded from the prime minister to intervene and reduce the prices of essential commodities including petrol and diesel and raise the wages and pension of the working class by at least 30% which have not been raised for more than one and a half year.
SHC dismisses plea against privatisation of KESC
National
January 22, 2021
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Thursday dismissed identical petitions against the privatisation of Karachi Electric Supply Corporation, now K-Electric, and transfer of the company’s shares and administrative control to a Dubai-based company and declared that the privatization process adopted in respect of sale/transfer of shares of KESC does not violate the constitutional mandate.
The court observed that privatization of KESC was the result of policy making decision by the executive authority and once the competent authority in the government has taken a decision, which is backed by law, rules and regulations and does not suffer from any malafide, then it would not be in consonance with the well-established norms of judicial review to interfere in policy making decision of the executive authority.
Jamal Khurshid
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Thursday dismissed identical petitions against the privatisation of Karachi Electric Supply Corporation, now K-Electric, and transfer of the company’s shares and administrative control to a Dubai-based company and declared that the privatization process adopted in respect of sale/transfer of shares of KESC does not violate the constitutional mandate. The court observed that privatization of KESC was the result of policy making decision by the executive authority and once the competent authority in the government has taken a decision, which is backed by law, rules and regulations and does not suffer from any malafide, then it would not be in consonance with the wellestablished norms of judicial review to interfere in policy making decision of the executive authority. The court declared that the petitioners have failed to establish the malafide on the part of government and privatization commission in respect of sale/transfer of the sh
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