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Imran Khan barred from Pakistan politics for 5 years after conviction in Toshakhana corruption case

The former prime minister Imran Khan was sentenced to three years imprisonment on Saturday.

Former Prime Minister Imran Khan was barred from politics for five years on Tuesday by Pakistan’s election commission after his conviction in Toshakhana corruption case, the local media reported.

Under Pakistani law, a convicted person cannot run for any public office for a period defined by the ECP, which could be up to a maximum of five years staring from the conviction date.

The former prime minister was sentenced to three years imprisonment on Saturday. He was arrested at his Lahore house and taken to a prison near Islamabad.

Imran Khan was tried on charges of unlawfully selling state gifts during his tenure from 2018 to 2022.

Khan’s legal team has filed an appeal seeking to set aside the guilty verdictwhich Islamabad High Court will take up on Wednesday.

The petition describes the conviction as “without lawful authority, tainted with bias”, reported Reuters.

The petition said the lower court had rejected a list of witnesses for the defence a day before reaching its verdict, calling this a “gross travesty of justice, and a slap in the face of due process and fair trial”.

Meanwhile, ARY News has reported that the Supreme Court of Pakistan will resume the hearing of the murder case of a Senior Supreme Court lawyer Abdul Razzaq Shar against Pakistan Imran Khan on Wednesday.

A three-member bench headed by Justice Yahya Afridi will resume the hearing. ANI reported citing ARY News.

Moreover, the former prime has submitted the additional to the Supreme Court, reported ARY News.

During the last hearing of the case, the Supreme Court bench summoned the PTI chairman Imran Khan to appear before it on August 9.

Source: https://www.livemint.com/news/world/imran-khan-barred-from-pakistan-politics-for-5-years-after-conviction-in-toshakhana-corruption-case-11691517801709.html

‘Army chief is the most powerful person in Pakistan’s politics, everyone follows his decisions,’ says Imran Khan

Khan also reminded the military establishment that it should keep in mind that it can no longer be able to force the nation to accept “corrupt rulers”.

Former Pakistan Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan. (ANI)

The Army chief is the most powerful person in Pakistan’s politics and everyone follows his decisions, ousted prime minister Imran Khan has said, slamming the military establishment for siding with the country’s “corrupt mafias” to ensure that he should not return to power.

Addressing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party supporters from his Zaman Park residence here on Friday evening, Khan urged the people to stand with the Supreme Court at the time when the “imported government” is trying to bring it down.

“The Army chief is the most powerful person in Pakistan’s politics. All follow his decisions. The military establishment is siding with the corrupt mafia – Sharifs and Zardaris – only to ensure that I must not return to power,” he said.

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz-led coalition government has imposed an “undeclared ban” on the broadcast of the PTI chief’s speeches by the country’s electronic media.

Expressing his serious concerns over the division in the country’s Supreme Court, Khan said it will be a great tragedy for the country.

“Division in the Supreme Court will be a great tragedy. I appeal to the nation to stand with the apex court at a time when this imported government is making an all-out effort to bring it disrepute.

“Let me tell you… democracy in Pakistan is now hanging by a thread called Supreme Court and all those, who want democracy in the country, should stand with it,” the 70-year-old cricketer-turned-politician said.

The PTI chief said if the government does not stop conspiring against the apex court and continues defying the implementation of its decision to hold elections in Punjab on May 14, the nation must get ready to take to the streets after Eid.

Source: https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/army-chief-is-the-most-powerful-person-in-pakistan-s-politics-says-imran-khan-101681568853812.html

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