Karachi: Sindh High Court suspended on Tuesday reserve Or Asjad Imtiaz as a federal member of the Indus River System Authority (IRSA) because he does not have residence in the province.
Two judges led by Justice Muhammad Karim Khan Agha Notice of the Ministry release In 2022, the appointment of Mr. Imtiaz as a federal member of the IRSA for three years was a flagrant violation of the SHCS 2017 judgment, which ruled that an executive order against federal members of the Sindhi was complied with under section 270AA(2) of the Constitutional Federal Government.
The bench issued a performance notice to the agency minister and the Ministry of Water Resources to blind the long-term order issued last month.
The bench heard an application for a temp-de-litigation against the two secretarys because they did not comply with the SHC judgment passed in 2017.
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At the beginning of the hearing, the bench noted that the verdict was adopted on May 12, 2017, and the matter had reached its deadline in 2021 in the Supreme Court, but the same thing is still being implemented.
Like the last hearing, neither the Secretary nor Mr Imtias appeared despite the bench’s specific instructions.
The bench also pointed out that Secretary-General Syed Ali Murtaza was instructed to appear not to be busy elsewhere or on other leave, but surprisingly, on September 10, he was allowed to take leave of eight days before Pakistan.
It further observed that in order to avoid appearing in this court, the period/leave was given intentionally to him, and the institutional faculty was well aware that he had to be on the bench on Tuesday.
The judge has since sent a show notice to Mr. Murtaza and violated the judge’s final order issued on August 18, Nabeel Ahmed Awan.
It noted that the Water Secretary had responded to the Show Notice, which clearly stated that he was aware of the 2017 judgment but that he failed to take any action on the compliance action and relied on the temporary stay order adopted by the Islamabad High Court, a fact that the fate before the Apex Court in 2021.
The bench rejected this reply was unsatisfactory and said in its order: “Although the judgment 12.05.2017 was on the field trial, the Pakistani government tried in the field, and this issue has been reached by the Pakistani Supreme Court, the Supreme Court of Pakistan, which was finally reapplying for Asjad Imtiaz asjad Imtiaz as a imriviciation in Fritedsa (Fritedsa in Frited) (Frederal Irsa (Fdern) (Frited) (Frited) (Frited) (Frited) (Frited) (Frited) (Frited) (Frited) (03) (08.12.2022.
“We found this to be a very surprising violation of the orders of the court. It seems that the Ministry of Water Resources of the Government of Pakistan has no interest in complying with the orders of the court because it is based on this.
The judge warned that if the next hearing fails to comply with the 2017 judgment, the court has no choice but to comply with the law, as the matter has been put in place in the Supreme Court.
At the hearing on 22 October, the bench once again directed Mr. Murtasa and Mr. Imtias to appear in person at the next hearing.
Petitioner Ghulam Abbas Laghari filed an application for a contempt lawsuit against the Minister of Institutions and the Ministry of Water Resources to fail to comply with the 2017 curriculum passed.
Meanwhile, another judge led by Justice Muhammad Faisal Kamal Alam called General Sind, the advocate of October 14 on the same matter on Tuesday.
The bench heard a petition filed by a grower in Qurban Maitlo through his lawyer, Zameer Ghumro, to the appointment of Mr Imtiaz and damaged the available water for the IRSA to build the canal on the Indus. SHC has suspended barriers to availability certification.
Posted at Dawn on September 17, 2025
