ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court of Pakistan has suspended the notification issued on July 19 to fix the minimum monthly wage of the Sindh government at Rs 25,000 and decided to form a three-member bench to hear the matter next month.
According to media reports, a two-member bench of the apex court comprising Justice Qazi Faiz Issa and Justice Yahya Afridi issued notices to Attorney General Khalid Javed Khan and Sindh Advocate General Salman Talib-ud-Din on the appeals filed by several petitioners.
The applicants include the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry, The Employees Federation of Pakistan, Phoenix Security Services (Pvt) Ltd. Karachi, Aziz Tiba Foundation Karachi, Gray Merchant Restaurants International Limited Karachi, and SRG Service (Pvt) Karachi. Are
One of the aforesaid institutions had challenged the notification of minimum wage by taking the position that our institution is an inter-provincial body that falls under the jurisdiction of the federal government for fixing the minimum wage and Sindh minimum. The Low Wages Act (SMW) 2015 will not apply to us.
Some petitioners questioned the order passed by the Sindh High Court on October 15 in favor of the notification of the provincial government while others approached the apex court to be a party in the dispute with the petition that the order of the High Court affected them.
The style is changing. This was reiterated in a five-page order issued by the Supreme Court on December 7, however, if the Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Sindh High Court, the petitioner assured that he would pay the rest to his employees. Will pay On this promise, the Supreme Court suspended the notification issued by the Sindh government till the next hearing
