News from Al-Madinah: Following a ruling by the nation’s electoral committee that he had bribed authorities about gifts he received while in office, the former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan was prohibited from running for any political office for five years, according to an announcement made by his counsel.
The Pakistan Electoral Committee declared that Imran Khan is implicated in corrupt activities, according to the lawyer Johar Khan.
We will contest this at this moment before the Islamabad court, he continued.
The Pakistani Electoral Committee “has disqualified former Prime Minister Imran Khan from entering a public position on charges of selling illicit government gifts obtained by heads of other countries and foreign figures,” according to local media, which Reuters cited.
A Pakistani court prevented the police from apprehending Khan in August, but if found guilty of accusations related to terrorism, it might receive a “life sentence”.
According to an official in his party, the former Pakistani Prime Minister who was accused of breaking the anti-terror law was released on bail, according to “Agence France Presse.”
Imran Khan was accused of terrorism by the Shahbaz Sharif administration in August, which increased political tension and prompted a national condemnation from the Imran Khan-led “Insaf Movement” party, according to the news agency.
According to “France Press,” the former cricket star’s appearance before the court is the latest development in a series of political disputes that have been ongoing for months and got started in April when the National Assembly overthrew his government after voting to deny confidence in it.
The Associated Press said that during a speech in front of a crowd of supporters last August, Imran Khan was accused of verbally threatening law enforcement and judges.
After the former cricket star made a commitment to end decades of corruption and steadfast favouritism, people who were sick of the policies of the leaders of the two main parties in the country helped bring Khan to power in 2018.
However, under his leadership, the economy of the nation fell into a free slide, the IMF suspended a $ 6 billion loan package that had just helped the new government get back on track, and the army also lost support.
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. Pakistan For a five-year term, Imran Khan was barred from standing in the elections.
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