Corporation Employees (Special Powers) Ordinance, 1978

This 1978 Ordinance gave the President special power to remove or demote employees of government-controlled corporations who had been appointed or promoted during a specific period -- the years of the previous civilian government (1972 to mid-1977) -- without following the usual procedural protections.

Section 2 defines "person in Corporation service" broadly to mean anyone employed by a corporation or institution set up, established, managed, or controlled by the Federal Government, including its Chairman, Managing Director, and any other office-holder.

Section 3 is the key power: notwithstanding any other law or the person's own terms of service, anyone in Corporation service who was appointed or promoted between 1 January 1972 and 5 July 1977 may be removed from service or reverted to a lower post or grade, without notice, by the President or someone the President authorizes, on whatever date is directed in the public interest.

Section 4 gives an affected person the right to submit a representation to the President within fifteen days of receiving the removal or reversion order (or, if the President made the order directly, a petition for review). Section 5 declares that service with a corporation counts as "service of Pakistan," and that anyone removed or reverted under this Ordinance (unless on deputation from a Province) is treated as a civil servant for purposes of the Service Tribunals Act, 1973 -- meaning they can pursue their case before a Service Tribunal.

This is an old, transitional ordinance (1978) from the post-1977 martial law period, targeting appointments made under the preceding government, and its practical relevance today is likely limited given the decades that have passed.