- Rebukes son-in-law, DIG for seeking undue favour
LAHORE, April 29: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Mian Saqib Nisar has taken notice of hefty salaries being paid to doctors at Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute, Research Centre. (PKLIRC).
While hearing various cases of public welfare issues at the Supreme Court’s Lahore registry on Sunday, the CJP ordered PKLIRC to give details of all doctors and staff employed at the hospital along with records of their salaries.
The CJP also ordered the chief secretary to hand over a detailed staff structure of the hospital employees by evening.
He added that it has come to the court’s attention that doctors were being hired at the institute for salaries as high as Rs1.5 million per month.
The chief secretary who was present in court told the bench that the head of PKLI, Dr Saeed Akhter, is out of the country performing Umrah.
In March this year, KPLI had come under fire after comparisons were drawn between doctors who worked at government hospitals and those at the KPLI. Hearing the case, the chief justice had remarked that doctors at KPLI get a salary of Rs1.2 million while on the other hand, the ones working at a government hospital get Rs0.2 million. Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Mian Saqib Nisar has also summoned his son-in-law for trying to get a favour for an official in a case pertaining to child custody. Hearing a custody case filed against Punjab Highway Patrol DIG Ghulam Mehmood Dogar in Supreme Court’s Lahore registry, the CJP expressed his displeasure and asked DIG Khalid Mahmood Dogar who recommended him to approach CJP’s kin for ‘support’. He questioned the official’s audacity to ask son-in-law Khalid Rehman for a favour. Chastising Dogar, Mian Saqib Nisar reiterated that he fought a war against injustice and how can he try to earn favors. Seeing Justice Nisar annoyance, the DIG sought an unconditional apology from the top judge who refused to accept it. “I do not need your regret. Just inform me who recommended you to use private connection?” asked the top judge. Later on, the Supreme Court summoned top judge’s son-in-law to immediately appear before the court in person.-Agencies
