Pakistan, Oct. 23 -- The Supreme Court has ruled that a Service Tribunal cannot assume the role of the executive by striking down recruitment rules or directing their reformulation, holding that the government has the authority to amend service

structures and recruitment rules in accordance with administrative requirements.

The court restored the 2014 recruitment rules of the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) and set aside the Federal Service Tribunal's judgment dated October 17, 2022.

In a written judgment authored by Justice Ayesha A. Malik, the Supreme Court held that under Article 212 of the Constitution, the jurisdiction of a Service Tribunal was confined to matters relating to the terms and conditions of service of civil serva...