FCC rules KP police administrative staff ineligibl...

Summary

• The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) has ruled that administrative and ministerial employees of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police are not entitled to risk allowance, distinguishing their duties from those of uniformed personnel engaged in operational policing.
• In its judgement, authored by Justice Farooq, the court explained that uniformed police personnel and administrative employees perform different functions and operate under separate service rules.
• The bench also observed that the high court had not adequately examined whether the employees seeking the allowance performed duties comparable to those of personnel already receiving it.

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The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) has ruled that administrative and ministerial employees of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police are not entitled to risk allowance, distinguishing their duties from those of uniformed personnel engaged in operational policing.

A two-member bench, headed by Justice Aamer Farooq and comprising Justice Syed Arshad Hussain Shah, announced the verdict on Wednesday. The court overturned an April 10, 2025, decision by the Peshawar High Court’s Mingora Bench in Swat, which had extended the allowance to administrative staff.

The case centred on whether employees working in the KP Police Department’s administrative establishment qualified for risk allowance under the relevant laws. The employees had argued that other personnel in the department received the benefit and that denying it to them violated Article 25 of the Constitution, which guarantees equality before the law.