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IHC restrains Chairman PEC from appointing new registrar

Pakistan Published 17 September 2026, 02:47 · archived 16 Sep 2026

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday restrained the Chairman of the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) from appointing a new Registrar of the PEC. A single-judge bench of Justice Khadim Hussain Soomro heard a petition filed by Engr. Khadim Hussain Bhatti, one of the senior additional registrars serving the institution, through Barrister Umer Ijaz Gilani, against the appointment of the PEC’s new Registrar. The petitioner contended that the PEC Service Rules explicitly prescribe that in case of the presence of senior additional registrars, such as the petitioner himself, it is ...

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