Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Gulzar Ahmad on Friday censured the Punjab government for delayed filing of appeals against the decisions of high court. The CJP regretted the time barred appeal of the Punjab Irrigation Department and said, "What can we do if government does not rouse from slumber for its own right?" He observed that apparently the department intentionally delayed the appeal against the decision of the Lahore High Court whereas the impugned decision was full of illegalities.

The CJP directed a law officer to ensure that officials responsible for the delay in filing of the appeals are taken to task. The bench headed by the CJP also dismissed an appeal of the provincial government against appointment of a woman Secondary School Teacher (SST) of Physics. The law officer argued that Education Policy 2011 required that a SST must be a subject specialist but the respondent woman, Shumaila, had been appointed as Physics teacher despite having not studied the subject in FSc and MSc. However, the bench observed that the advertisement for the post had not mentioned such requirement whereas the respondent studied physics in BSc.