Geo436.com blog: Senate passes Sacked Employees Reinstatement Bill 2010

Geo436 ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Wednesday passed The Sacked Employees Reinstatement Bill 2010 with majority.

Nawabzada Ghazanfar Ali Gul, Advisor to the Prime Minister moved the bill to provide relief to persons in corporation service or autonomous or semi autonomous bodies or in government service who were dismissed, removed or terminated from service [The Sacked Employees Reinstatement Bill, 2010].

Opposition members opposed the bill and demanded to refer it to the concerned standing committee for further discussion on it.

Ishaq Dar said that the ordinance has been promulgated at least for five times which is a declaration of mistrust on democratic system.

Prof Khursheed Ahmad while opposing the bill termed it against the provisions of law.

Zafar Ali Shah was of the view that the passing of bill would harm the supremacy of the parliament.

Tahir Hussain Mashhadi backing the government”s point of view said that those employees would be reinstated who were politically victimized.

Dr Abdul Malik said that if they oppose the bill, it would mean opposing the poors urging to form consensus to shun all contradictory points.

Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said that the government should listen the demand of opposition and refer it to the concerned standing committee.

Raza Rabbani said that whenever the government talks about the rights of poor, some people try to sabotage the environment of reconciliation.

He said that the sacked employees were kicked out from their jobs without any show cause notice.

He demanded not to refer the bill to the standing committee as it has already been passed by the committee as well as the National Assembly.

Leader of the House in Senate, Syed Nayyar Hussain Bokhari said that there was no case on any sacked employee rather they were politically victimized and targeted.

He said the demand of sending the bill to the standing committee just to delay the process of passing it.

However, the House passed the bill with majority.

The bill would provide relief to persons who were appointed or reinstated in corporation service or autonomous or semi autonomous bodies or in government service during the period from the November 1, 1993 to the November 30, 1996 and were dismissed, removed or terminated from service or given forced golden handshake during the period from November 1, 1996 to October 12, 1999.