LAHORE: An Anti-Corruption Court on Wednesday deferred the indictment of former chief minister and PTI President Pervaiz Elahi and others in the illegal appointments case.
The Punjab Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) has arrested Pervaiz Elahi on charges of making illegal appointments in the Punjab Assembly, including appointing Muhammad Khan Bhatti as his principal secretary during his tenure as the chief minister.
PTI President Pervaiz Elahi and others marked their attendance in the Anti-Corruption Court.
As proceedings began, the defense counsel requested the court to not indict their clients in the case of the illegal appointment, elaborating that arguments on the indictment should be resume after the lawyers study the record.
Granting the request, the court deferred the indictment of Ch Pervaiz Elahi and other accused and adjourned the hearing till March 11.
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 Ch Pervaiz Elahi was re-arrested in a case pertaining to illegal appointments in the Punjab Assembly. “Pervaiz 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.”
