PAKISTAN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES CORPORATION vs AMNA FRAZ S — 2022 SCMR 1852 SUPREME-COURT

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PAKISTAN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES CORPORATION VS AMNA FRAZ S. 3---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Pakistan International Airlines Corporation ('PIAC')---Constitutional filed against 'PIAC" by legal heirs of an employee to avail financial and other benefits available to the legal heirs of deceased employees---Maintainability---Majority shareholding of PIAC lies with the Federal Government and thereby ultimate control through the Board of Directors vests in the latter---Resultantly constitutional petition filed by the wife of deceased employee was maintainable against PIAC. Head NotesCase Description Citation Name: 2022 SCMR 1852 SUPREME-COURTBookmark this Case PAKISTAN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES CORPORATION VS AMNA FRAZ S. 3---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Pakistan International Airlines Corporation ('PIAC')---Administrative order issued by PIAC relating to compensation package for legal heirs of its employees who died in service---Whether such compensation package could be enforced through the constitutional jurisdiction of the High Court---Held, that the compensation package constitutes or constituted a firm commitment by PIAC to the legal heirs of its deceased employees---Death of the respondent's husband occurred at the time when the said package was validly in existence---Consequently, as no other conditions had to be established (the relationship of the respondent with the deceased employee is not in issue) the respondent acquired a vested right to receive the benefits specified in the said package---Question whether the said package can be enforced by the (High) Court is irrelevant when PIAC itself had not opposed the entitlement of the respondent---Petition for leave to appeal was disposed of with the direction that PIAC shall decide the pending application of the respondent, whereby she claimed benefit under the compensation package. Head NotesCase Description

PAKISTAN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES CORPORATION vs AMNA FRAZ S — 2022 SCMR 1852 SUPREME-COURT

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