Published on, Sept. 28 -- September 28, 2025 2:36 AM

A storm has engulfed the judiciary after explosive allegations surfaced in the corruption trial of Muhammad Khan Bhatti, the once all-powerful principal secretary to former chief minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi. According to claims now rippling through legal circles, a Special Judge in Gujranwala allegedly altered an adjournment order in the dead of night, and just as his transfer orders came into effect, to favour the accused. If proven, the episode would mark one of the darkest breaches of judicial propriety in recent memory.

At the heart of the scandal lies an order sheet dated 31 July 2025, signed by Special Judge Chaudhry Zia Ullah of the Anti-Corruption Court, Gujranwala. The doc...