{"id":6484,"date":"2025-10-20T18:20:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T13:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=6484"},"modified":"2025-10-20T18:20:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T13:20:55","slug":"court-warns-ministry-of-science-technology-over-seniority-violations-cites-institutional-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/10\/20\/court-warns-ministry-of-science-technology-over-seniority-violations-cites-institutional-decline","title":{"rendered":"Court warns ministry of science, technology over seniority violations, cites institutional decline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"116\" data-end=\"406\"><em data-start=\"116\" data-end=\"137\">Islamabad: <\/em>During the hearing of a case related to the violation of seniority rules in the Ministry of Science and Technology, Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani of the Islamabad High Court expressed deep concern over the promotion and appointment systems in government institutions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"408\" data-end=\"653\">Justice Kayani remarked, \u201cWhere the seniority rule has been violated, problems have arisen. The entire system has been ruined.\u201d He further added, \u201cSome promote their favored officers, while others rely on family connections for recommendations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"655\" data-end=\"974\">The court clarified that violating the seniority principle not only causes injustice but also negatively impacts the performance of institutions. Justice Kayani emphasized, \u201cIt is the department&#8217;s responsibility to correct its mistakes. There is no punishment for mistakes, but bad faith certainly deserves punishment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"976\" data-end=\"1139\">During the hearing, the court directed government departments to adhere to rules and regulations, postponing the next hearing of the case until the scheduled date.<\/p>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto [content-visibility:auto] supports-[content-visibility:auto]:[contain-intrinsic-size:auto_100lvh] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:f725438c-3508-4978-8934-27786f98cf00-6\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-14\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] thread-sm:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] thread-lg:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] thread-lg:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"d006bd60-0147-4844-8355-72d7e824c657\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"105\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"z-0 flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"pointer-events-none h-px w-px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-edge=\"true\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: During the hearing of a case related to the violation of seniority rules in the Ministry of Science and Technology, Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani of the Islamabad High Court expressed deep concern over the promotion and appointment systems in government institutions. Justice Kayani remarked, \u201cWhere the seniority rule has been violated, problems have arisen. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":6485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3767,3766,160,3765,3300,2294],"class_list":["post-6484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news","tag-court-clarified","tag-deserves-punishment","tag-headline","tag-islamabad-high-court-expressed","tag-justice-mohsin-akhtar-kayani","tag-youdigital"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6484"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6486,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6484\/revisions\/6486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}