Islamabad High Court Rejects Reliance on Intelligence Reports for Postings

IHC rejects reliance on intelligence reports for coveted postings

ISLAMABAD: The Isla­mabad High Court (IHC) has set aside the government’s decision to deny foreign pos­tings to several selected Trade and Investment Officers, ruling that executive authorities cannot deprive individuals of accrued rights on the basis of undisclosed intelligence reports that are neither shared with the affected persons nor produced before the court. In a detailed 26-page judgement, Justice Raja Inaam Ameen Minhas declared unlawful the Ministry of Commerce’s decision to withho...

By [email protected] (Malik Asad)