Government Policy Shields Utility Stores from Closure, LHC Rules

LHC bench comprising Justice Raheel Kamran Sheikh heard a petition filed by a utility store employee, challenging the government’s move.

The LHC ruled that the closure of utility stores is a government policy matter and the court cannot intervene.

The LHC suggested that the issue of utility stores’ be raised in Parliament, indicating that the legislative body is the appropriate platform for addressing this matter.

Earlier on Tuesday, Minister for Industries and Production Rana Tanveer Hussain clarified that no proposal is under consideration for the closure or winding up of the Utility Stores Corporation.

He was responding to a call attention notice moved by PPP’s Asifa Bhutto Zardari in the National Assembly.

Ms. Bhutto in her call attention notice stated that the closure of Utility Stores Corporation will result in the unemployment of 25,000 employees.

The minister said we are only talking about restructuring the organization. He said the rights of employees will be protected and added work in this context is in progress.