ISLAMABAD:

The Supreme Court, setting aside a K-P service tribunal order, has ruled that marriage could not deprive a woman from appointment under quota reserved for the children of civil servants who die or become incapacitated while in service.

“If a son’s marriage does not disqualify him or interrupt the flow of financial benefit to the family, there is no rational basis to hold that a daughter’s marriage should have that effect,” says a 10-page judgement authored by Justice Syed Mansoor Ali while directing the department concerned to restore the petitioner’s appointment with all back-benefits.

He wrote the judgment while adjudicating a question: whether marriage can disqualify a daughter from appointment under the quota reserved for the children of civil servants who die or become i

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