Case:

Mr. Hashim, the owner of 'Alpha Company, Islamabad', wants to appoint Mr. Saqib, resident of Multan, as sales manager. He (Mr. Hashim) writes a job offer letter to Mr. Saqib on 05/01/2008 and offers a monthly salary of Rs. 50000. Mr. Saqib receives the letter on 08/01/2008 and writes an acceptance letter on 09/01/2008 in which he describes that he will be able to join 'Alpha Company' on 01/02/2008. This acceptance letter is received by Mr. Hashim on 14/01/2008.

Questions:

Q1.What is the 'proposal' under section 2(a) of The Contract Act in this case, describe why?

Q2.Identify the 'consideration' for Mr. Hashim and for Mr. Saqib in this case.

Q3.When and how the communication of proposal is completed?

Q4.When the communication of acceptance is completed against Mr. Hashim, and against Mr. Saqib? Explain how.

Instructions:

• Read the case carefully and answer the questions given at the end.
• Be precise, specific and to the point while answering the questions.
• Respective marks of each question are given along with the questions.
• Assignment should be prepared in 'Microsoft Word' format (doc or rtf) in any version except 'Office 2007'. If you sent your assignment in 'Office 2007', 'Open Office' or any other format instead of 'Microsoft Word', it will be marked zero.
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