GILGIT: Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Court disqualified Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid Khan, PTI’s regional president, on Tuesday for allegedly obtaining a license from the GB Bar Council on the basis of a fake degree.
The order was passed by a three-member bench comprising Judge Malik Anayatur Rehman, Judge Johar Ali, and Judge Mohammad Mushtaq on a petition seeking the CM’s disqualification.
Ghulam Shahzad Agha, a member of the GB Assembly from PPP, had challenged Khurshid’s law degree and sought his disqualification under Articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution.
The petitioner through his counsel Amjad Hussain had contended that the degree submitted by Khurshid had not been verified by the University of London and the Higher Education Commission had declared it to be fake.
On May 29, Chief Judge Ali Baig had constituted a larger bench to hear the case with instructions to conduct day-to-day hearings and conclude the case within 14 days.
The court had also issued notices to the HEC, the chief minister, GB Bar Council and Election Commission to submit their replies on the issue.
During the hearing today, all the respondents in the case completed their arguments after which the bench disqualified Khurshid for five years.
After the verdict was announced, a number of PTI and PPP supporters gathered outside the court and chanted slogans in favour of their respective parties and leaders.
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