The Supreme Court on Thursday disposed of contempt of court proceedings and discharged notice against President National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) Qamar Hussain. A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Tariq Parvez was hearing the contempt of court proceedings. President NBP Hussain before the court and tendered an unconditional apology.
The Chief Justice observed that the court never wanted to ruin the career of officers but it was also the duty of the concerned department officials to resolve issues of employees. The President NBP and Regional Chief Multan were directed by the court to appear before the bench on Thursday.
The petitioners, Muhammad Abid Qureshi and Arif Khan, were appointed against permanent posts of godown chowkidars in the NBP Multan region on January 1988 and October 1989, respectively, but their services were not regularised. The President NBP assured the bench that both the Bank employees would be regularised with full financial benefits. Later, the court disposed of the case.