ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday passed interim order to suspend all transfers and appointments made during the period of caretaker government.
A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chauhdry resumed the hearing of a petition filed by Khawaja Muhammad Asif, a leader of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) over a large scale of transfers and appointments by the caretakers.
During the course of proceeding, Khawaja took the plea that under the constitution of Pakistan the current caretaker government does not have the mandate to take such type of steps. He further stated that the purpose of caretaker government was just to hold free,fair and transparent elections and not to recruit people and make transfers.
Chief Justice observed that the duty of caretakers was to held impartial elections, but the government trespassed its powers.
He further stated that transparency should be in each and every step of the government adding that ignoring the transparency creates hurdles in running the system in true manner.
Meanwhile, the Attorney General apprised the apex court that it was the government's right to make appointments on the vacant posts, whatever the recruitments were made just to fulfill the requirements of the government to run it and nothing apart from it.
He further requested for more time to take dictation from the government over the issue so that he could assist the court properly.
Later, the court while passing the interim order to suspend all appointments and transfers in the tenure of the caretakers adjourned the further hearing for two weeks.
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