Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (Removal from Service) Ordinance, 1999

The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (Removal from Service) Ordinance, 1999 (Ordinance XVII of 1999) gave the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) special power to retire or remove staff. Section 1 says it came into force at once, on 24 September 1999, promulgated under Article 89 of the Constitution while the National Assembly was not in session; a footnote notes it was exempted from the Constitution's usual time-limit on ordinances.

Section 2(1) is the key power: notwithstanding any law, contract, settlement, award, or the terms of service of any KESC employee, the Corporation could, at any time, (a) retire any person from service without giving any reason, or (b) remove any person from service after informing them in writing of the grounds and giving them fourteen days to show cause against the action.

Section 2(2) provides a compensating benefit for the retirement route: a person retired under subsection (1)(a) is entitled, in addition to their normal retiring benefits (if any), to additional pay for three months.

This is a company/employer-specific emergency personnel law from 1999, giving KESC extraordinary dismissal and retirement powers outside normal service-law protections. Its practical relevance today depends on KESC's later corporate history (including privatization as K-Electric), which is not addressed in this extract.