GILGIT: An Accountability Court (AC) ordered to present Gilgit Baltistan (GB) Chief Minister (CM) Gulbar Khan and others in an alleged corruption case, ARY News reported.
As per details, the court issued notice to GB Chief Minister Gulbar Khan and ordered him to appear on February 20, 2024.
Earlier, it emerged that GB CM Gulbar Khan turned out to be a declared absconder as he was wanted by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police.
In July 2015, a case of fake cheque was registered against CM GB Gulbar Khan and the court in Mardan also issued his arrest warrants as well.
The accused tried to cash Rs 2.2 million which was fake and Senator Faisal Kareem from Mardan took the matter to court.
It is important to mention here that Haji Gulbar Khan of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) ‘forward bloc’ was elected as new Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan.
According to GB Assembly Speaker Nazir Ahmed Advocate, Haq received the support of 19 lawmakers, including from the PTI forward bloc, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
In the 32-member house, PTI had 19 members, PPP four, PML-N three, Muttahida Wahdat-i-Muslimeen three, Islam Tehreek Pakistan one, JUI-F one, and one independent candidate. The former CM had nominated Raja Azam Khan for the coveted position with the approval of PTI chief.
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