IHC serves notice to PMC on petition of PAMI

ISLAMABAD (APP): The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday served notices to Pakistan Medical Council (PMC) on a petition challenging new rules for students’ admissions in medical and dental colleges.
Pakistan Association of Private Medical and Dental Institutions (PAMI)’s Lawyer Ashtar Ausaf adopted the stance that the PMC had withdrawn its notification regarding rules for admissions and marking. He prayed the court to fix the main petition for hearing.
He, however, also prayed the court to stop the PMC from forming new admission rules and its implementation. The department wanted to take control of medical universities and colleges, he said.
Ausaf said that the PMC had categorized universities and colleges at its own will, which he said was not the jurisdiction of PMC. It was the power of Higher Education Commission (HEC) to prepare grading of educational institutions.
The court, however, adjourned hearing of the case till September 16, and directed its registrar office to send the hearing order to PMC. Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb heard the miscellaneous petitions pertaining to the subject.
IHC orders to restore services of bank employee: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday ordered a private bank to restore the services of its manager who was terminated thirteen years ago.
Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri announced the verdict and instructed the bank concerned to restore the services of petitioner within fifteen days besides paying him Rs0.5 million.
The court said that there was no allegation against the petitioner for misuse of powers and embezzlement of bank’s money.
The court said according to the inquiry report there was laps of only Rs 2,690 in accounts, which the petitioner had already paid. Career of someone couldn’t be destroyed on ordinary mistake, the court said.
The order said that the petitioner was not given a formal charge sheet pertaining to the matter. Even no show cause notice was served before starting inquiry and terminating him. The bank manager Rizwan Ali Khan was terminated on April 21, 2008 over minor allegations.