Pakistan, July 16 -- ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court of Pakistan has ruled that promotion is a fundamental legal right for every government employee and must be granted based on merit and performance. The court urged public institutions to ensure fairness and transparency in handling promotion cases.

In a five-page written judgment by Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, the court highlighted the case of a senior Police Service officer who was denied promotion three times. Despite receiving excellent performance reports from 2013 to 2018, the officer's promotion was withheld without strong justification.

The court clarified that the officer's lack of a 2019 performance report, due to not being posted in the field, should not have counted against ...