ISLAMABAD – PM special assistant and close aide of Imran Khan, ZulfiqarAbbas Bukhari lands in trouble as a petition was filed with the SupremeCourt on Wednesday.
A petition has been filed in the SC challenging the appointment of ZulfiqarAbbas Bukhari as special assistant to prime minister on Overseas Pakistanis& Human Resource Development with the status of Minister of State.
Raising objection over the dual nationality of Bukhari, a close aide ofPrime Minister Imran Khan, the petitioners, Muhammad Ali Chattah and MirzaAbul Moiz Baig, asked the apex court to remove him from the post.
In the case, the Federation of Pakistan through Secretary Cabinet Divisio,PM Imran Khan and Bukhari have been made respondents in the case.
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On September 17, Khan appointed his close friend. The Cabinet Division hadissued a notification in this regard which states “In terms of rule 4(6) ofthe Rules of Business. 1973 read with serial number IA of Schedule-VA ofthe said Rules, the Prime Minister has been pleased to appoint, with effectfrom 14th September, 2018, Sayed Zulfiqar Abbas Bukhari as SpecialAssistant to the Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis & Human ResourceDevelopment, with the status of Minister of State.”
