The Election Commission disqualified Imran Khan for five years as the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has disqualified Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan for five years.
The Election Commission has disqualified Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan for five years after a judgment from Session Court Islamabad.
ECP has also de-seated Imran Khan from his NA-45 Karam seat and a notification in this regard has also been issued for the same.
According to the spokesperson of the Election Commission, Chairman PTI has been disqualified under 63 One H, he has been found guilty of corrupt practices.
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After this decision from Election Commission of Pakistan, the Chairman PTI Imran Khan will not be able to contest elections for the next five years.
However, Imran Khan has denied any wrongdoing, was sentenced to three years imprisonment.
After Session Court Islamabad decision, was arrested at his Lahore house and taken to a prison near Islamabad.
The Election Commission has given this decision after the Sessions Court of Islamabad awarded a three-year sentence to Chairman PTI in the Tosha Khana case.
According to the lawyer Naeem Panjutha, Khan’s legal team has filed an appeal seeking to set aside the guilty verdict, which the Islamabad High Court will take up on Wednesday.
The petition seen by Reuters described the conviction as “without lawful authority, tainted with bias”, and said Khan, 70, had not received an adequate hearing.
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The sources have revealed that the court rejected a list of witnesses for the defence just a day before reaching its verdict.
The court had expedited the trial after Khan refused to attend hearings despite repeated summonses and arrest warrants.
Unless this judgment is overturned from a higher court, the conviction will rule him out of contesting upcoming elections.
