legally and contractually bound not use for his personal benefit, or
disclose, communicate or divulge to, or use for the direct or indirect
benefit of any person, firm, association or company other than the Company (plaintiff), any "Confidential Information," which term shall mean any information regarding the business methods, business policies, policies, procedures, techniques, research or development projects or results, historical or projected financial information, budgets, trade secrets, or other knowledge or processes of, or developed by, Company (plaintiff) or any other confidential information relating to or dealing with the business operations of the Company (plaintiff), made known to him or learned or acquired by him while in the employ of the Company (plaintiff). The foregoing provisions of this subsection shall apply during and after the period when the defendant is an employee of the Company (plaintiff) and shall be in addition to (and not a limitation of) any legally applicable protections of the Company (plaintiff) interest in confidential information, trade secrets, and the like.
Similarly according to Clause-11 of Appointment Letter, the
defendant further agreed as infra:- Similarly, the defendant was also bound that he will not, without the prior written consent of the Company (plaintiff), directly or indirectly, whether individually or through any entity controlled by him, during the term of this Agreement and for a period of 3 years from the termination of this Agreement, for any reason, directly or indirectly, on his own behalf or in the service or on behalf of others, whether or not for compensation, engage in any business activity, or have any interest in any person, firm, corporation or business, through a subsidiary or parent entity or other entity (whether as a shareholder, agent, joint venturer, security holder, trustee, partner, consultant, creditor lending credit or money for the purpose of establishing or operating any such business, partnership or otherwise) which is competitive with the then existing business of the Company (plaintiff) whether inside or outside of Pakistan.”