Court: FIR is allegation, not proof for job disqualification
The Federal Constitutional Court held that the FIR registration disqualification rule cannot keep candidates out of government jobs, and ordered uniform character checks.
The Federal Constitutional Court ruled that mere FIR registration cannot disqualify anyone from government employment.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Amin Khan directed federal and provincial authorities and police to use uniform, transparent, constitutionally compliant past-record checks.
After acquittal, a case must not be shown negatively on a police character certificate.
Pending cases may be noted only as pending, without presuming guilt in advance.
No candidate may be removed from service without a hearing, and an FIR remains an allegation, not proof of a crime.