Supreme Court throws out government’s delayed challenge to service tribunal order

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a delayed plea filed by the federal government against a Federal Service Tribunal (FST) order, observing that the government was like any other litigant and required to follow the law and respect it with institutional seriousness. A two-judge SC bench headed by Justice Ayesha A. Malik took up an appeal filed by the finance ministry challenging the FST’s June 26, 2025 order along with an application seeking condonation of a 20-day delay in filing...

By [email protected] (Nasir Iqbal)