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SC declares 238 EOBI appointments void
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has announced its order in the EOBI appointments case declaring 238 appointments null and void.
A two member bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Anwar Zahir Jamali was hearing the Employees Old-age Benefit Institution (EOBI) appointments case.
The apex court has ordered the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to investigate the appointment of Raja Azeemul Huq son-in-law of the former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Asharaf.
It may be recalled that ex-PM Raja Pervaiz Ashraf had appointed his son-in-law Raja Azeemul Haq to the prestigious post of Executive Director (ED) of the World Bank in Washington.
While a fact-finding committee earlier had declared the appointments made by former Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf in grade 16 to 20 in EOBI non-transparent and the worst example of nepotism.
The court order said appointments on vacant posts be made in accordance with the rules and regulations and provincial quota. EOBI chairman will be responsible for appointments in the institution.
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