Times of Islamabad

CM Punjab Usman Buzdar faces a setback

CM Punjab Usman Buzdar faces a setback

[image: LHC Multan Bench, orders, stop, promotion, Usman Buzdar, brother]

MULTAN – Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar faces a setback over theillegal promotion of his brother in Dera Ghazi Khan.

The Lahore High Court Multan Bench on Wednesday ordered to stop thepromotion of Sardar Umar Daraz, brother of Punjab Chief Minister SardarUsman Buzdar, in the Border Military Police.

The court also sought a reply from the Dera Ghazi Khan commissioner forpromoting Umar Daraz to the rank of Rasaldar in the Border Military Police.

The petitioner contended that no officer had been promoted in BorderMilitary Police for the last 20 years.

He stated that Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar had created two posts of‘Rasaldar’ just for promoting his brother. “The condition of education wasalso relaxed to give the post to the brother of the Punjab chief minister,”he added.

He contended that the post of Rasaldar was not approved for any tribe, butAdditional Chief Secretary Ijaz Jaffar, uncle of Sardar Usman Buzdar,reserved the seats for two tribes – Hazara and Leghari.