KARACHI: Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday issued a bailable arrest warrant against the Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation (FGEHF) director general over his absence before the court in the case pertaining to a plot issu
e of Tahir Hussain, a retired Federal Tax
Ombudsman Secretariat assistant director.
The SHC bench, headed by Justice Nadeem Akhtar, was hearing a plea filed by Hussain in which he stated that
he had applied for the plot in category III of the employees’ society in 2001 when he was serving as assistant director in ministry of science & tech
nology in BS 17.
He added that later he was promoted as assistant director at Federal Tax
Ombudsman Secretariat in BS 18 so
he had applied to acquire the plot in category II, but according to him he was not allotte
d the plot.
Earlier, the court had disposed of the petition and directed FGEHF director general to look into the petitioner’s matter on merit, but according to Hussain, the court’s directives were not complied with yet.
The DG was directed to appear before the court in Wednesday’s hearing but he failed. The federal law officer informe
d the judges that FGEHF’s DG was intimated that he should appeare before the SHC but despite it, he remained absent.
Expressing the displeasure, the bench issued a bailable arrest warrant of Rs 50,000 against FGEHF director through session judge Islamabad and adjourne
d the hearing till March 7.
