LAHORE: Twenty-nine senior officers of grade 21 moved a petition in the Supreme Court against Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani’s order to promote junior officers to grade 22. They said that the prime minister had violated the promotion policy and committed a contempt of court as the Supreme Court ordered that promotion on top posts should be ensured on merit basis, but the prime minister ignored senior proficient officials and promoted his choice junior officers to grade 22. The petitioners appealed to the Supreme Court to ask the government real reason of unmerited promotion.The petitioners include DMG, police and foreign services officials identified as Farkhanda Wasim Afzal, Hameera Ahsan, Rana Raheem, Salahudin Niazi, Muhammad Wasim, Mirza Shahmshad, Fasihuddin Munawar Opal, Hafeed-ul-Rehman and Ahsan Wasim Afzal.
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