The News International: Islamabad: Sunday,
May 07, 2017.
How many
Pakistani civil servants are working in international institutions, what
salaries they are getting from these institutions, besides, what Pakistan
government is paying them in terms of salaries, official residences and other
perks and privileges? This is my right to know under the Right to Information
laws, contended a dual national before the IHC. Justice Athar Minallah of IHC
will hear in this matter on May 8.
Petitioner
Anjum Mubashar Mughal, who is Pakistan and Belgium national, has cited the
Federation of Pakistan through secretary Establishment Division as respondents.
On February 5, 2017, the petitioner wrote a letter under Article 19-A of the
Constitution to the Establishment Division that was not responded.
The
petitioner contended that he is aggrieved by the act of respondents permitting
Pakistan’s civil servants to join the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, IMF
and other international institutions instead of serving in Pakistan because
government of Pakistan incurs heavy expenditure on their recruitment and
training that are being paid by the people of Pakistan in the form of taxes. He
said this is an important matter and respondents are legally bound to provide
information like list of Pakistan’s civil servants working in international
institutions, Government of Pakistan’s expenses on their recruitment and
training and the present remunerations, salaries, allowances and other
facilities.