Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Sunday took suo-motu notice of exorbitant salaries being paid to employees of the Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute (PKLI). He has sought details of doctors and other staffers serving at the medical facility and its budgetary allocations. He directed the Punjab chief secretary to also submit details about the service structure of the PKLI employees.
The CJP remarked that it has come to his knowledge that doctors have been appointed at the kidney and liver transplant facility at the salaries as excessive as Rs 1.5 million. To a query, the chief secretary informed that Dr Saeed Akhtar is the head of the institute and has gone to Saudi Arabia for performing Umrah. Chief Justice took notice of the matter during hearing of a number of cases at the apex court's Lahore registry.
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