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SC to hear Pakistan Steel Mills case on June 9

ISLAMABAD: A three-member bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) will hear the Pakistan Steel Mills case on June 9.

The bench will be headed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Gulzar Ahmed. Other two members include Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice Muzahir Ali Naqvi.

The Registrar office has already served notices to the parties in this regard.

The federal government had announced the decision on June 3, approving retrenchment of all the 9,350 employees of the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM). The decision was taken during a meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet presided over by Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh.

M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.