Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) has asked over 25 public sector organizations of the country that they should implement the orders of the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) for appointing PEC accredited engineers on all engineering positions.
The council through its letters signed by the registrar says the directions of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of Pakistan are binding
on all state organs and thus the implementation of the above directions is required from the Federal Government including your organization. The heads of the organizations have been requested to please take all apt measures to ensure implementation of Hon’ble Supreme Court Order in its letter and spirit.
The letter says as under:
Pakistan Engineering Council, a statutory regulatory body for the engineering profession, would like to seek your attention towards the Hon’ble Supreme Court Judgment dated October 03, 2018, passed in Civil Petition No.78-K of 2015 reported as 2018 SCMR 2098 whereby the Hon’ble Supreme Court of Pakistan has been pleased to issue directions to the Governments as follows;
“23. . government shall not allow or permit any person to perform professional engineering work as defined in PEe Act, who does not possess accredited engineering qualification from an accredited engineering institution and his name is not registered as a registered engineer or professional engineer under PEe Act”.
In the judgment ibid, it was also observed by the apex court;
“5. It is common ground that neither Diploma nor B.Tech(Hons) degree are accredited engineering qualification for the reason that there is no reference to the Diploma and B.Tech(Hons) degree in the accredited engineering qualification provided in the first and second schedule of PEe Act. Thus, accredited engineering qualification is ascribed to those who hold bachelor’s degrees in engineering from accredited Engineering Universities/institutions in Pakistan and abroad”.
- The directions of the Supreme Court of Pakistan has been transmitted to the Government of Sindh for the submission of the compliance report, copy of which was also forwarded to the Chairman Pakistan Engineering Council vide the Registrar of Supreme Court of Pakistan letter No.C.P.78-K/2015-SCJ dated January 03, 2020. The Government of Sindh has already passed these Supreme Court directions to all Secretaries for immediate compliance within 24 hours positively vide letter No. SO(LEGAL-I)/SGA&CD/17(33)/2019 dated January 08, 2020.
The Copies of the judgment viz: other referred letters have also been enclosed as annexure ‘A’, ‘B’ & ‘C’. with the letter.
It further reads: It is noteworthy that the directions of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of Pakistan are binding on all state organs and thus the implementation of the above directions is required from the
Federal Government including your Organization. Your honor is requested to please take all apt measures to ensure the implementation of Hon’ble Supreme Court Order in its letter and spirit.
The letters are addressed to the following organizations:
Mr. Mohammad Wasim, Acting Managing Director, Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGC),
Mr. Imtiaz Rastgar, Chief Executive Officer, Engineering Development Board (EDB), Air Marshal Arshad Mahmood Malik, Chief Executive Officer, Pakistan International Air Chief Executive Officer, Pakistan State Oil (PSO), Mr. Sajid Mehmood Qazi, Managing Director / Chief Executive, Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation (PMDC), Mr. Muhammad Ali Gardezi, Chairman CAA Board, Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority, Amer Ali Ahmed, Chairman Capital Development Authority, Lieutenant General Muhammad Afzal HI(M), Chairman, National Disaster Management Authority, Chairman, Oil & Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL), Chairman, Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, Mr. Muhammad Naeem, Chairman,
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), Mr. Habib Ullah Khan, Chairman, Pakistan Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, Major General (R) Amir Azeem Bajwa HI (M), Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, Mr. Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui, Chairman, Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited, Arshad khan, Chairman, Pakistan Television Corporation Limited (PTV), Lieutenant General Muzammil Hussain (Retd), Chairman, Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority, Capt. (Retd) Sikander Qayyum, Chairman, National Highway Authority (NHA), Ms. Samina Waqar, Director General, Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation, Mr. Shah Din Sheikh,
Director General, Pakistan Public Works Department, Managing Director, National Refinery Limited (NRL), Mr. Zafar Abbas, Managing Director, National Transmission & Despatch Company Ltd, The Managing Director, Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO), Mr. Tariq Rashid, Managing Director,
Pakistan Housing Authority (PHA) Foundation, Moin Raza Khan, Managing Director, Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL), Mr. Amer Tufail, Chief Executive/Managing Director, Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd (SNGPL), Dr. Naseem Ahmad, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Oil & Gas Development Co (OGDCL),
