Two PTI legislators booked for cheating, forgery
Posted on 2014-02-05 02:18:59
Xischan Javed
ISLAMABAD: A big challenge lies ahead of the PTI top leadership for purging the party of tainted legislators on the pattern of what the PML-N did in the recent past as Karachi police have booked two of its MNAs on the charges of cheating and tempering with the official gazette under Section 420, 468, 467, 471, 34 of the PPC.
According to sources, the two MNAs; Dr. Muhammad Azhar Khan Jadoon and Nasir Khan Khatak in connivance with other officials allegedly tampered, forged and fraudulently removed the entries from a notification containing the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council’s (PMDC) election results for 2013, which was sent to the Printing Corporation of Pakistan Press, Karachi.
The Memon Goth Police, Karachi registered FIR against five accused named Dr. Muhammad Azhar Khan Jadoon (PTI MNA from NA-17) and Nasir Khan Khatak (PTI MNA from NA-15), Jehanzeb Orakzai (DG Ministry of National Health Services Regulation and Coordination), Muhammad Akram Mast, Deputy Controller and Manzoor Ahmed Qureshi on February 2, 2014
PMDC was constituted under PM&DC Ordinance, 1962 which performs its statutory functions to control and regulate medical qualifications in Pakistan and in this respect the Council functions through an elected body headed by the office bearers as notified after election. The Council Member PMDC, Dr. Asim Hussain, also the Chancellor of Ziauddin University Karachi approached the Police Station Memon Goth on February 2, 2014 for registration of an FIR against the accused. According to him, the PMDC’s election results 2013 notifications were sent to the office of the Controller of Forms Karachi for publication in Official Gazette. The original notifications were received by the office of Muhammad Akram Mast, Deputy Controller Stationery and Forms on December 27, 2013 and acknowledgement was received along with payment of fee. Thereafter as per procedure, the office was obliged to forward the notification under reference to the Manager, Printing Corporation of Pakistan Press, Karachi vide letter dated January 1st, 2014 wherein the contents were tampered and forged and notification earlier published was fraudulently removed, erased from the record of the Gazette Notification. In his application to the Police Station, Dr. Asim said that the whole act of fraud and cheating was committed by Nasir Khan Khattak MNA and Muhammad Azhar Khan Jadoon MNA in order to protect their illegal and unlawful acts pertaining to Al-Razi Medical College, Peshawar and Women medical College Abbotabad as both these colleges are facing closure on the order of the Peshawar High Court, PMDC and NAB is inquiring the same.
The application further stated that PMDC is being harassed and blackmailed by these political people to achieve their illegal designs and to frustrate the functioning of the PMDC by using political influence and public position with the connivance of the Government officials working in Printing Corporation of Pakistan, Karachi and Dr. Jehanzeb Orakzai, DG Ministry of National Health Services Regulation and Coordination, Pakistan. The Memon Goth Police Station Karachi accordingly registered an FIR against the accused and further investigation is under way.
It is to mention here that the PML-N had taken action against its sitting legislators including Pervaiz Khan and Shumaila Rana for cheating.
Two PTI legislators booked for cheating, forgery
Allah Khair Karay, Frishton ki party aur burger Pakistanion kee Akhri umeed kay halat Waqai theek naheen
