On Tuesday, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) declared an ineligibility case against Federal Minister Khusro Bakhtiar and his brother Punjab Finance Minister Javan Bakht as inadmissible.
A four-member bench headed by ECP Punjab Member Altaf Ibrahim heard the case against both brother-ministers Khusro Bakhtiar and Hashim Jawan Bakht.
Petitioner Ahsan Abid appeared before the Election Commission of Pakistan where the Commission has declared the disqualification case against Federal Minister of Economic Affairs Khusro Bakhtiar and Punjab Finance Minister for Finance Javan Bakht as inadmissible.
Meanwhile, the ECP has granted 15 days to complete the probe into funding of political parties.
A four-member bench headed by Election Commission of Pakistan Member Altaf Ibrahim Qureshi heard the scrutiny case of political parties funding at the request of PTI. The hearing of the case was adjourned '[
The combined investigation team of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lahore Monday grilled Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) minister brothers – Khusro Bakhtiar and Hashim Jawan Bakhat – in an ongoing investigation against them for amassing assets beyond known sources of income.for Economic Affairs Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar and Punjab Finance Minister Hashim Jawan Bakhat appeared before the NAB Lahore investigators. They submitted their written statements.
After preliminary review of the statements, the CIT members investigated the two brothers. It has been learnt that the Bureau has started audit of the submitted statements. After cross-
It has been learnt that Federal Minister examining the statements, NAB is likely to summon the minister brothers again in near future.
The complaint against ministers was filed in 2018. The NAB headquarters had referred the complaint for verification to NAB Multan, which after three-month inquiry, testified the allegations and reported to the headquarters that the complaint was credible enough for conversion into a proper investigation wherein the ministers could be summoned for detailed probe.