NAB chairman resigns af ter ‘refusing to target ’ Imran

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The summon notice – forwarded to Imran Khan – mentions six valuable watches The iPhone gifted by Qatar s Chief of Armed Staff is also included in the investigation

The development comes shortly after NAB Chairman Aftab Sultan resigned from the post citing personal reasons The case: The Toshakhana case has been splashed in headlines after the Election Commission of Pak- istan disqualified PTI Chairman Imran Khan for making “false statements and incorrect declaration” last month on October 21 2022

The ECP verdict said the former premier was found to be indulged in corrupt practices under sections 167 and 173 of the constitution “A criminal proceeding will be initiated against him over filing a false statement

“As per the statement of Imran Khan he had purchased the gifts from Toshakhana paying 21 564 million ru-

elahi, 10 ex-PML-Q MPAs jump ship, join Pti

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On the other hand, the PML-Q electoral college office-bearers had authorised Elahi the party s provincial president at the time, to take decisions on behalf of the party with regard to its merger with the PTI on Imran s offer

D I F F e r e N c e s I N P M l - Q r a N k s : Differences in the PML-Q ranks first appeared in March last year around the time of the no-confidence motion against Imran as Parvez and Moonis Elahi entered the PTI camp while Shujaat joined the then-opposition The same split was witnessed in July’s Punjab chief minister election saga as Shujaat supported the candidature of PML-N’s Hamza Shehbaz instead of Parvez Amid a widening rift between the Chaudhrys of Gujrat, Shujaat had extended an olive branch in August to Parvez, asking him to put an end to differences The PML-Q leader had talked in detail about the reasons that led to discord between him and Parvez He, however, had called for the reunion of the party that split into two camps following the rift over the election of the Punjab CM pees while the Cabinet Division said that the gifts had a value of 107 943 million ” “The amount in his bank account was around half of the value of the state gifts Imran Khan was bound to declare the cash and bank details in his returns but he didn t declare it the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) decision read

Names of probables for new NAB chairman’: Following the resignation of Aftab Sultan, as NAB chairman on Tuesday the Pakistan Democratic

Movement (PDM) government has started consultation for the new chairman According to sources, the coalition government is considering the names of Azam Suleman and Irfan Elahi for the coveted post Irfan Elahi is former federal secretary and had worked as chairman Planning and Development Department

The other candidate Azam Suleman Khan is a retired Pakistani civil servant who is currently serving as the Ombudsman of Punjab