Shaheed Law Officer: Directed AWKUM to give package as per revised policy

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Tuesday directed the Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, (AWKUM) to give martyrdom package to a law officer who was martyred in a bomb blast in Mardan in 2016, as per the revised policy. months

A division bench consisting of Justice SM Atiq Shah and Justice Sahibzada Asadullah heard the petition of Shahela Sani, widow of the martyred law officer. Advocate Ghazanfar Ali appeared on behalf of the petitioner while Deputy Attorney General Obaidullah Anwar, Additional Advocate General Nowroz Khan and Arif Alvi appeared. Firdous of Abdulwali Khan University appeared in court.

The lawyer told the court that the petitioner’s husband Ilyas Ahmed Jan Sani was a law officer at Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan. . Lawyers and other common citizens.

He said that under the 2015 revised policy of the federal government regarding martyr packages, the heirs of Ilyas Ahmed are also entitled to the same privileges as other employees.

“However, the university paid only Rs 500,000 to the next of kin,” argued the lawyer, arguing that since the new policy was introduced in 2015, the revised policy was also applicable to those next of kin. Deprived of

After arguments, the court ruled that the petitioner is entitled to all the benefits under the Shaheed package as per the revised policy, directing that all payments be made within two months.