High Court lifts freeze on Kenya Re recruitment

The Peshawar High Court has issued a stay order, halting the disciplinary actions taken by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly’s secretary against five employees of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Secretariat Employees Cooperative Housing Society. These employees, who are also members of the housing society's cabinet, were facing suspension and the withdrawal of various services and allowances.

The court's decision came after the petitioners filed a joint petition challenging the legality of the disciplinary proceedings, which they claim were based on malicious intent by the acting secretary, Wiqar Shah. The petitioners argue that the actions against them violated the provisions of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cooperative Societies Act, 1925, particularly Section 43, which grants specific powers to the registrar of Cooperative Societies.

The court has now issued notices to the respondents, including the assembly speaker and acting secretary, requesting their response to the petition. The petitioners claim that the assembly secretary's actions were unlawful and without valid authority, and they seek the court's declaration to that effect.