A leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid Khan, has been disqualified by the Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Court. He is alleged to have obtained a license from the GB Bar Council using a fake degree.
Judges Malik Anayatur Rehman, Johar Ali, and Mohammad Mushtaq were on the three-judge panel that decided to disqualify the contestant.
This action is in response to a petition that was filed asking for the CM’s resignation. A PPP member of the GB Assembly named Ghulam Shahzad Agha disputed Khurshid’s legal training and asserted that he should be disqualified under Articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution.
Amjad Hussain, the attorney for the petitioner, claimed that Khurshid’s degree had been deemed fake by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) and had not been verified by the University of London.
On May 29, Chief Judge Ali Baig assembled a larger panel to speed up the process. The panel was required to conduct hearings every day and come to a decision in just 14 days.
The court also asked the HEC, the CM, the GB Bar Council, and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for their opinions on this matter.
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