Fake Degree Case: Court Warns Petroleum Minister For Missing Hearings

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Fake degree case: Court warns Petroleum Minister for missing hearings

The minister had once again excused to attend the hearing pertaining to his fake degree case.

Lahore (Pakistan Point News – 30th January, 2019) The Anti-Corruption Court has given the last chance to Petroleum Minister Chaudhry Ghulam Sarwar to appear before the court on February 28.

The minister had once again excused to attend the hearing pertaining to his fake degree case.

Senior Special Judge Anti-Corruption Bahadur Ali Khan was hearing the case. The court expressed displeasure over the absence of the petroleum minister.

The judge remarked that it is the last chance for the minister to appear before the hearing on February 28; otherwise the court will issue his arrest warrants.

A disqualification petition was filed against Minister for Petroleum and National Resources Ghulam Sarwar Khan in the Supreme Court on Jan 14.

According to media reports, the petitioner adopted that Ghulam Sarwar is only Matric pass and possesses a fake bachelor’s degree.

The minister got the degree of someone with the same name, the petition stated.

The petition that such a person should not be given a ministry as he does not qualify to be ‘Sadiq and Ameen’.

The petroleum minister is already in hot waters for the acute gas shortage facing the country.

The minister assures the country that necessary measures are being adopted to overcome the existing gas shortage, adding that the transmission and distribution system is also being upgraded to ensure uninterrupted supply of gas to the consumers.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate Ghulam Sarwar Khan had won election from National Assembly constituency NA-63 and NA-59 in the general elections, 2018.

He was later given the portfolio of Ministry for Petroleum and National Resources.

Mahnoor Sheikh

The writer is News Editor, Pakistan Point. She has graduated in Mass Communication and has worked in various media houses