IHC downs Special person’s petition

By Adnan Rafique

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday disposed of a petition of special persons after the bench was informed by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) that it would take separate tests of specials persons for recruitments in department.
The case seeking inclusion of special persons in test for recruitment of officers in ECP was heard by Chief Justice Athar Minallah. The petition had stated that the ECP had not provided facilities to the special persons during the test for the post. It further said that the special persons were not demanding any quota instead they wanted appointments on merit.
The court was informed by that that it was ready to take separate exams from the special persons after this, the court disposed of the case. Earlier, the court had sought comments from ECP and had observed that it would not allow any discrimination with special persons of the society.