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The Constitutional Bench of the Sindh High Court has issued a show-cause notice and summoned KPT Chairman Shahid Ahmed to appear in person on May 25. The contempt of court notice was initiated after KPT management failed to regularize operational employees serving since 2009, violating a 2021 judicial directive and attempting fresh recruitments despite active court restrictions.
he Constitutional Bench of the Sindh High Court has issued a show-cause notice and summoned KPT Chairman Shahid Ahmed to appear in person on May 25. The contempt of court notice was initiated after KPT management failed to regularize operational employees serving since 2009, violating a 2021 judicial directive and attempting fresh recruitments despite active court restrictions.
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by News Desk
2026-05-21
The Constitutional Bench of the Sindh High Court has issued a show-cause notice and summoned KPT Chairman Shahid Ahmed to appear in person on May 25. The contempt of court notice was initiated after KPT management failed to regularize operational employees serving since 2009, violating a 2021 judicial directive and attempting fresh recruitments despite active court restrictions.

Detailed Report

  • The Show-Cause Issuance: The Constitutional Bench of the Sindh High Court (SHC) has officially issued a show-cause notice to Karachi Port Trust (KPT) Chairman Shahid Ahmed. The legal notice stems from a contempt of court petition filed against the port's management for failing to regularize long-serving contract workers despite direct judicial orders.

  • Judicial Displeasure over Absence: During the courtroom proceedings led by Justice Hassan Akbar, the bench expressed intense displeasure regarding the persistent non-appearance of KPT’s legal representatives. Upon discovering from the government prosecutor and the petitioners' legal counsel that KPT's legal team had completely boycotted hearings for a considerable duration, the court took strict notice of the administrative absence.

  • The Long-Standing Dispute: According to the petitioners’ legal representative, the affected workers have been consistently serving the state corporation since 2009 in critical operational roles, including cargo handling men and heavy lift operators. The Sindh High Court had originally ruled in favor of the workers back in 2021, mandating KPT to regularize their employment contracts.

  • Defiance of Stay Orders: The petitioners argued that instead of abiding by the 2021 decree, the port trust's management attempted to bypass the court order by running fresh recruitment advertisements for the same positions. Despite a subsequent restraining order issued by the high court to block any new appointments, the long-term staff were left entirely un-regularized. Consequently, the SHC Constitutional Bench has summoned Chairman Shahid Ahmed to personally appear before the bench on May 25 to answer the contempt charges.
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