Muhammad Tariq Azhar

Title: PTCL Pensioners' Struggle for Rights — Why is there no implementation despite clear Supreme Court orders? Thousands of retired PTCL employees in Pakistan have been continuously struggling for over a decade to secure their basic and legal right — i.e., the Government of Pakistan pension and the annual increases attached to it. This matter is not merely financial; it bears constitutional, legal, and moral significance, as it concerns employees who, at the start of their service, were part of the Government of Pakistan's Telegraph & Telephone (T&T) Department. 1. Background: Journey from Government Employee to Corporation to Company These employees were originally regular civil servants. Later, under the law, they were first transferred to the Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation (PTC) and then to PTCL on January 1, 1996. However, it is a fundamental legal principle that despite this transfer, their terms and conditions of service, including pension, remain protec...

PTCL Privatisation — Mega Corruption Article-6 | Dated: 10-11-2015 “MEGA CORRUPTION IN THE PRIVATISATION OF PTCL” Some time ago, news was broadcast that NAB (National Accountability Bureau) presented a list of 29 mega corruption cases before the Supreme Court, which also included the case of PTCL’s privatisation, in which mega corruption had been committed. NAB has been investigating this matter for the past few years. As far as the claim that mega corruption occurred in PTCL’s privatisation is concerned, I was not at all surprised — but I was certainly surprised that NAB is still only at the inquiry stage. Whereas one of the reasons for this mega corruption is as clear as glass and requires no special inquiry. There may be many other causes of this mega corruption for which the inquiry is ongoing, but the reasons I am about to mention are very prominent and visible to anyone who has even a basic familiarity with tender/bidding laws. Since I have done considerable work in this field ...

Subject: Inconsistent and Legally Defective Position of PTET Regarding Grant of GoP Pension The factual and legal position emerging from your narration clearly establishes a serious inconsistency, contradiction, and prima facie non-compliance on the part of PTET, particularly in light of binding judgments of the Honourable Supreme Court of Pakistan. 1. Established Conduct of PTET in 2018 (Admission by Conduct) Pursuant to the Supreme Court’s order dated 15-02-2018, PTET, through its then General Manager (Mr. Farooq), implemented Government of Pakistan (GoP) pension in favour of 342 PTCL pensioners who had retired normally at the age of 60. • These pensioners belonged to all grades (BPS-1 to BPS-22) • Their modes of appointment were diverse, including: • FPSC-qualified civil servants • Departmentally recruited employees • No distinction whatsoever was drawn between: • “Civil servants” and “workmen” • FPSC and non-FPSC appointees • Lower and higher grades ...

Subject:- Clarification on the Status of T&T Employees as Civil Servants vs. Workmen and Interpretation of Paragraph 18 & 19 of the Supreme Court Judgment (July 10, 2025). Let us first see what said by Honourable CJ Justice Yahya  Afridi about Civil Servant-Workman Distinction in Paragraph 18 &19 the Supreme Court Judgment (July 10, 2025) which is as under “Dismissal of the Civil Servant-Workman Distinction Para 18. Based on the correct understanding of the decision in Masood Bhatti review judgment and the legislative intent underpinning the statutory protections afforded to transferred employees, the dismissal of the distinction between civil servants and workmen among transferred employees in the adopted view risks oversimplifying a legal reality that is both structurally and historically significant. The statutory framework did not adopt a blanket approach to all categories of employees; rather, it preserved rights according to their pre-existing legal character. In ...

Note:- Here is the even more aggressive and strengthened version, incorporating criticism of both GM PTET Mr. Farooq and Advocate Shahid Anwar Bajwa (the counsel who gave the solemn undertaking). Updated Legal Commentary on PTET’s Malafide Conduct The conduct and behaviour of General Manager PTET, Mr. Farooq, and the role of Mr. Shahid Anwar Bajwa, ASC, towards Non-VSS (normally retired) PTCL pensioners is highly deplorable, mala fide, discriminatory, and constitutes a brazen Contempt of Court. In the Supreme Court order dated 15 February 2018, Mr. Shahid Anwar Bajwa, ASC, appearing for PTCL/PTET, gave a solemn, categorical, and unconditional undertaking before Justice Gulzar Ahmed that all petitioners besides VSS optees would be granted full government pension along with incentive pay. He assured the Court that no recovery or deduction would be made and that government-announced increases would be extended from time to time. This undertaking was given on behalf of PTCL/PTET and bound ...

 MTA Grok-7 Details of the Supreme Court Judgments 1. Judgment Dated 15 February 2018 • Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan (Bench headed by Justice Gulzar Ahmed). • Case: Multiple petitions including Criminal Original Petition No. 53/2015 and connected matters regarding PTCL pensioners. • Key Ruling: The Supreme Court granted Government Pension along with periodic increases to 342 normally retired PTCL pensioners who had attained the age of 60 years. • Important Points: • These pensioners belonged to various grades — from Grade 1 to Grade 15 and above. • Some were recruited through the Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) examination, while others joined through different recruitment channels prevailing at the time of transfer from the T&T Department. • The Court made no distinction based on grade or method of recruitment. • Only Voluntary Separation Scheme (VSS) optees were generally excluded; all normally retired pensioners at age 60 were hel...