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Imran Khan barred from elections over corruption charges
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was disqualified on Friday from running for political office for five times, after the election commission ruled he misled officers about gifts he got from foreign leaders while in power.
The decision is the rearmost twist in political wrangling that began indeed beforeMr. Khan’s April ouster, and is one of several legal battles being fought by him and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf( PTI) party.His sympathizers attacked vehicles as they left the Election Commission of Pakistan( ECP) headquarters after the ruling. “ The ECP has declared Imran Khan was involved in loose practices, ” said Gohar Khan, one of his attorneys. “ We’ll challenge it in the High Court right now. ”
The police detained one of Khan’s security guards after he fired a shot into the ground.In the eastern megacity of Lahore, his sympathizers blocked some roads, while in Faisalabad, they used burning tyres to stop business. On Twitter, Islamabad police said security in the capital was on “ high alert ”.
Pakistan’s courts are frequently used to tie up lawgivers in lengthy proceedings that rights observers denounce for stifling political opposition, but the commission’s involvement in this case stems from the obligation of tagged officers to declare all their means.
The case centres on a government department known as ‘ Toshakhana ’, which during the Mughal period appertained to the “ treasure houses ” kept by thesub-continent’s kingly autocrats to store and display gifts lavished on them.
Government officers must declare all gifts, but are allowed to keep those below a certain value.More precious particulars must go to Toshakhana, but in some cases the philanthropist can buy them at around 50 of their value — a reductionMr. Khan raised from 20 while in office.
Khan has said he didn’t register some gifts on public security grounds, but in a written submission admitted buying particulars worth nearly 22 million rupees($,000), and latterly dealing them for further than twice that quantum.
Unless capsized by the courts,Mr. Khan’s ban will impede one of his crucial tactics to disrupt the country’s political process as he presses for a general election ahead of the one listed for October coming time.All PTI lawgivers have quit the National Assembly — Parliament’s lower house — forcing a series of by- choices.
