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SC issues key verdict on government employees’ rights
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- Add ARY News on Google AAResize ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court ruled that a government employee acquitted with honour deserves full pay and benefits, ARY News reported.
- Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar wrote the 8-page judgment, according to court records.
- The court said time spent off duty will count as service if the employee gets an honorable acquittal.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court ruled that a government employee acquitted with honour deserves full pay and benefits, ARY News reported.
Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar wrote the 8-page judgment, according to court records.
The court said time spent off duty will count as service if the employee gets an honorable acquittal. It added that departmental action and criminal cases are different things and can run side by side without affecting each other.
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