President Alvi sacks NEPRA HR Management Director over workplace harassment
President Alvi has sacked the NEPRA HR Management Director over workplace harassment!
As reported, President Dr. Arif Alvi on Friday dismissed National Electric Power Regulatory Authority’s (Nepra) HR Management Director Ahmad Nadeem from service over workplace harassment.
President Alvi rejected the representation filed by Ahmad Nadeem and changed the minor penalty of “withholding two increments” imposed by the Federal Ombudsman for Protection against Harassment of Women at Workplace (FOSPAH) to “dismissal from service”.
President Alvi while deciding upon a workplace harassment case, maintained that statements of the complainant, witnesses, CCTV footage, WhatsApp messages, and email fully established the factum of harassment.
“Sending text messages to a female colleague, asking her to stay in the office beyond office hours with an ulterior motive, making unwanted advances, and intimidating her to face dire consequences in case of her refusal to assent to his unethical demands constituted harassment, and warranted no leniency,” President Alvi maintained.
He said that the accused himself had also admitted his guilt by implication and his only grievance before the president was regarding the severity of punishment.
“The principle of reasonableness and proportionality demands that the penalty is modified to dismissal as it is commensurate with the gravity of the offense,” the decision stated.
