Top Story
February 7, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Did you know that a mere three-year contract job as a judge in the Gilgit-Baltistan Supreme Appellate Court (G-B SAC) can make you a millionaire, besides entitling you to a huge monthly pension for life?
Incredibly, the chief judge of the GB apex court gets over Rs 60 million upon completion of his three-year contract in addition to over Rs one million per month as pension. The G-B SAC comprises a chief judge and two other judges. Like the chief judge, the two judges are also entitled to similar pensionary benefits.
Advocate Muhammad Ibrahim, who is a permanent resident of GB, told The News that he has recently filed a petition before the Supreme Court on the matter. He referred to the SCP’s verdict of 2008 which had entitled the judges, irrespective of their length of service, for the pension and pension-related benefits.
Top Story
February 7, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Did you know that a mere three-year contract job as a judge in the Gilgit-Baltistan Supreme Appellate Court (G-B SAC) can make you a millionaire, besides entitling you to a huge monthly pension for life?
Incredibly, the chief judge of the GB apex court gets over Rs 60 million upon completion of his three-year contract in addition to over Rs one million per month as pension. The G-B SAC comprises a chief judge and two other judges. Like the chief judge, the two judges are also entitled to similar pensionary benefits.
Advocate Muhammad Ibrahim, who is a permanent resident of GB, told The News that he has recently filed a petition before the Supreme Court on the matter. He referred to the SCP’s verdict of 2008 which had entitled the judges, irrespective of their length of service, for the pension and pension-related benefits.
Kashmir Day at PNCA
February 5, 2021
Islamabad: Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) in collaboration with Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and GB has scheduled various programmes in accordance with the Kashmir Solidarity Day at PNCA auditorium Islamabad on Friday.
PNCA will be featuring events including stage play ‘Zindaan’, musical show by Bano Rehmat, Imran khan and other artists. Children performance speeches, tableau and Kashmiri songs competitions would also be held to highlight the sacrifices of innocent Kashmiri people in struggling for their right to self-determination in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
PNCA to mark Kashmir Solidarity Day
Islamabad
February 2, 2021
Islamabad: The Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan has organised special events for the Kashmir Solidarity Day on February 5 to express solidarity with the oppressed Kashmiri brothers on February 3 at 2 p.m.
Abdul Haq Suhrawardy s book Tragedy in Kashmir will be launched in PNCA Auditorium, while a children s programme will be held in the same auditorium on Friday at 10 a.m in which students from Rawalpindi and Islamabad will sing Kashmiri songs, present tablau and make speeches to show solidarity with Kashmiri brothers.
Newly-appointed FPSC chairman Zahid Saeed takes oath
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President Arif Alvi administered the oath to the FPSC chairman
Zahid Saeed is a retired grade-22 officer and has served in several senior positions
The post of FPSC chairman vacant for the past one week due to the death of former FPSC chairman Maroof Afzal
ISLAMABAD: The newly-appointed Chairman of Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) Zahid Saeed took the oath of his office here on Tuesday.
President Dr Arif Alvi administered the oath to the FPSC chairman at an oath-taking ceremony held at the Aiwan-e-Sadr.