The Punjab Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) arrested Pervaiz Elahi on charges of appointing Muhammad Khan Bhatti as his principal secretary during his tenure as the chief minister.
Former chief minister Punjab Pervaiz Elahi and others marked their attendance at the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE).
At the outset of the hearing, Elahi’s counsel said that the court announced the indictment verdict before hearing their arguments.
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Moreover, the counsel urged the court to take back the indictment order in the illegal appointments case.
The PTI President has been arrested several times in various cases after a crackdown was launched against the party in the aftermath of the May 9 violence.
It is pertinent to mention here that PTI’s Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi was re-arrested, minutes after he was discharged by a court in two corruption cases.
The ACE spokesperson said Pervaiz Elahi was re-arrested in a case on illegal appointments in the Punjab Assembly. “Elahi made 12 illegal appointments of grade 17 officers in the Punjab Assembly,” the spokesperson claimed.
“Failed candidates were given jobs by manipulating records in the Punjab Assembly,” he said, adding: “Fake testing services were used to benefit corrupt officials during the recruitment process.”