Monday, 14 April 2014

Non-appointment of HEC chairman a slap for judicial system: IHC

ISLAMABAD: Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) observed on Monday that the failure to appoint the Higher Education Commission (HEC) chairman was a slap on the face of the judicial system.

He issued an order to appoint the HEC chairman in 15 days. “If the government fails to appoint the chairman within the stipulated time, a Pandora’s box about a rift between ministers will open up in the court,” the judge stated. “The names of those who are presently behind the curtains will be revealed.”

The secretary education told the court that the prime minister, after rejecting the summary for the appointment of HEC chairman, had formed a new committee. The IHC remarked that the HEC chairman couldn’t be appointed in nine months despite an assurance from the government, and the situation posed a challenge to the judicial system. He further said the treatment meted out to the country’s largest educational body reflected the pathetic state of affairs of national institutions.

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