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| 2026 SLG 53 2026 SLD 53 = 2025 SHC 2406 |
C. P. No. S–2326 of 2017
Present: Mr. Justice Jawad Akbar Sarwana
Petitioners: (1) Haider Zaman s/o Ali Khan; (2) Aqil Khan s/o Abdul Razaque; (3) Aziz ur Rehman s/o Rehman Shah; (4) Abdul Qader s/o Ghulam Qader; (5) Muhammad Sabir s/o Muhammad Sadiq; (6) Muhammad Malik s/o Muhammad Nabi; (7) Bahadur Khan s/o Noor Habib; (8) Shujahat Ali S/O Ahmed Ali (9) Hazrat Khan s/o Muhammad Yaqoob; (10) Gul Rahim s/o Rahiullah; (11) Shahid Wadan s/o Amir Khan; (12) Badshah Ameen s/o Zareen; (13) Muhammad Ashgar s/o Muhammad Sadiq; (14) Muhammad Eijaz Kiani s/o Muhammad Imran Kiani; (15) S. Nazeer ul Haq s/o Syed Azeem ul Haq; (16) Ali Zaman s/o Ali Bahadur; (17) Sajjad Ahmed s/o Muhammad Saeed; (18) Hiader Zaman s/o Ahmed; (19) Muhammad Iqbal s/o Qadir Shah; and (20) Mohammad Waqas s/o Mohammad Ashraf through Mr. Abdul Ghaffar, Advocate
Respondent No.1: Province of Sindh through its Chief Secretary, Karachi
Respondent No.2: The Assistant Commissioner, Landhi, Karachi
Respondent No.3: The Commissioner for Workmen’s Compensation & Authority under the Payment of Wages Act & Authority under the Shops & Establishment Act, East Division, Karachi, through Ms. Deeba Ali Jaffri, AAG Sindh
Respondent No.4: M/s. Artistic Garments Industry (Pvt.) Ltd. (formerly Mohammad Farooq Textile Mills Ltd.), through Mr. Muhammad Naqqash Advocate Date of Hearing: 16.09.2025 Date of Decision: 16.09.2025
Haider Zaman & Others
VS
Province of Sindh & Others Sindh High Court, Karachi
Law: Factories Act, 1934
Section: 2(l), 5, 15(3), 15(4), 15(5)(b), 18
Law: Payment of Wages Act, 1936
Section: 199(1)(a)(ii)
Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973
Section: 301, 304, 75
Law: Companies Act, 2017
Section:
Law: Companies (Court) Rules, 1997
Section:
Summary:
Twenty (20) former workers of M/s. Muhammad Farooq Textile Mills Ltd. (MFTML) filed a writ petition under Article 199 of the 1973 Constitution, challenging the inaction of the Authority and Assistant Commissioner under the Payment of Wages Act, 1936.
The Authority had directed MFTML to pay arrears of wages on 05.03.2011 under Section 15(3) & (4) of the Act, but the execution through the Assistant Commissioner under Section 15(5)(b) was never completed.