ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has initiated the process to appoint two members of the Election Commission of Pakistan just 15 days before the expiry of the constitutional deadline. However,.
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Human Rights Sultan Mohammad Khan on Tuesday sent his resignation to Chief Minister Mahmood Khan after he was asked to resign in the wake of a video that went viral on social media showing him and other lawmakers allegedly receiving cash for switching loyalties before the Senate elections in March 2018.
Mr Sultan has held the portfolio of law, parliamentary affairs and human rights for two and a half years after winning the July 2018 general elections on a Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) ticket. He had quit Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) in 2017.
In a handwritten resignation letter to the chief minister, the minister stated: “Due to a video that is being circulated on the media today in which my name has also cropped up and being mentioned … I feel it is my moral duty and obligation to withdraw from the cabinet and offer my resignation.”
National
February 9, 2021
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) accused 20 MPAs in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of horse-trading in the 2018 Senate elections but could not prove allegations.
PTI Chairman Imran Khan had announced that cases against MPAs involved in corruption would be referred to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) but not a single case against any MPA has been referred to the NAB.
Some former MPAs have filed a defamation suit against Prime Minister Imran Khan in various courts but the PTI has not submitted evidence or reply in any of the cases. Two petitions filed under the Defamation Ordinance 2002 are still pending. PM s lawyers are using various tactics to delay the case. The special jirga met former special assistant to the chief minister Arif Yousaf for an out-of-court settlement. The court dismissed the case after the reconciliation between both parties. Former MPAs Kurban Ali Khan, Zahid Durrani, Obaidullah Mayar and Yasin Khalil were also persuaded to reso