Representing the respondents, Advocate General Shumail Ahmad Butt argued that the provincial government has the power to increase the retirement age of its employees. He insisted that the decision will lessen financial burden on the province besides increasing volume of development programs. He further told the court that the situation will become normal after three years. The petitioners’ counsels in their arguments maintained that 123,000 government posts are lying vacant which could not be filled due to the raise in the retirement age. Nine writ petitions were filled in the high court against the KP government’s decision. The petitioners had made the provincial government respondent in the case. The KP government had raised the retirement age of government officials in the province as part of its austerity drive in July last year. The opposition had rejected the bill, arguing that the law was being amended to facilitate a small number of officials who were on the verge of retirement.
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