Nawaz government has the right to appeal against Islamabad High Court's (IHC) verdict which declared that the former NADRA chief, Tariq Malik, was dismissed with malicious intent. The government may also find some argument to back up dismissal of the said officer but it cannot retract its false claim that Tariq Malik never ssssinformed the authorities of the threats he and his family were receiving.
It is a damning verdict of the IHC against the PML-N government and gives credence to the accusations by Tariq Malik that he was harassed to stop him from reporting the findings of NADRA regarding thumbprints of the voters. Malik also said he was warned of losing his job if he ignored the illegal instructions he had received. He had given details of the threats to the Senate Committee on interior. The committee had recommended enhancing security for Tariq Malik. The former NADRA Chairman had also given the government the names of the owners of the numbers of the phones through which the threats were communicated. The Ministry for Interior had also written letters to Director General ISI and Director General IB. Yet in presence of such documents as the minutes of the Senate Committee and the Interior Ministry's own letters, there is a shameless denial of any knowledge of the threats to the officer who headed an organisation whose independence from the executive branch was essential for justice, democracy and national security.
It makes no difference that the said officer has since resigned; the PML-N government has been caught in a lie indicating that the party has not learned much from the past and is victimising officers who stand up and refuse to obey illegal orders. Since the start of its present tenure, the PML-N government has dismissed many heads of government organisations and the courts have in quite a few instances granted stays against the orders or have declared the dismissals as unjustified.
The claim of Nawaz Sharif to set up an honest bureaucracy seems to be a farce. The dishonesty of the government has been revealed and it is clear that the goal is not to terminate dishonest and inefficient officers but, rather, to replace them with 'yes, sir' men.
The fact is that all previous governments can be accused of unfair terminations and unmerited appointments and the way is open too for future governments to harass law abiding officers. The only method to avoid such injustice as happened in the case of Tariq Malik is to set up a council of individuals reputed for their honesty and sagacity which should examine and approve orders for the dismissals and appointments of heads of organisations such as Nadra before these can be implemented.
Saturday, January 18, 2014
Pakistan: Damning verdict against PML-N govt
Nawaz government has the right to appeal against Islamabad High Court's (IHC) verdict which declared that the former NADRA chief, Tariq Malik, was dismissed with malicious intent. The government may also find some argument to back up dismissal of the said officer but it cannot retract its false claim that Tariq Malik never ssssinformed the authorities of the threats he and his family were receiving.
It is a damning verdict of the IHC against the PML-N government and gives credence to the accusations by Tariq Malik that he was harassed to stop him from reporting the findings of NADRA regarding thumbprints of the voters. Malik also said he was warned of losing his job if he ignored the illegal instructions he had received. He had given details of the threats to the Senate Committee on interior. The committee had recommended enhancing security for Tariq Malik. The former NADRA Chairman had also given the government the names of the owners of the numbers of the phones through which the threats were communicated. The Ministry for Interior had also written letters to Director General ISI and Director General IB. Yet in presence of such documents as the minutes of the Senate Committee and the Interior Ministry's own letters, there is a shameless denial of any knowledge of the threats to the officer who headed an organisation whose independence from the executive branch was essential for justice, democracy and national security.
It makes no difference that the said officer has since resigned; the PML-N government has been caught in a lie indicating that the party has not learned much from the past and is victimising officers who stand up and refuse to obey illegal orders. Since the start of its present tenure, the PML-N government has dismissed many heads of government organisations and the courts have in quite a few instances granted stays against the orders or have declared the dismissals as unjustified.
The claim of Nawaz Sharif to set up an honest bureaucracy seems to be a farce. The dishonesty of the government has been revealed and it is clear that the goal is not to terminate dishonest and inefficient officers but, rather, to replace them with 'yes, sir' men.
The fact is that all previous governments can be accused of unfair terminations and unmerited appointments and the way is open too for future governments to harass law abiding officers. The only method to avoid such injustice as happened in the case of Tariq Malik is to set up a council of individuals reputed for their honesty and sagacity which should examine and approve orders for the dismissals and appointments of heads of organisations such as Nadra before these can be implemented.
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