Jailed ex-premier Imran Khan barred from Pakistan politics for 5 years
- Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been barred from politics for five years by the country's election commission following his conviction on graft charges.
- The Election Commission of Pakistan issued a notification in line with the guilty ruling, which means Khan cannot run for public office until 2028.
- Khan's legal team has challenged the guilty verdict, and the case will be heard in the Islamabad High Court on Wednesday.
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Pakistan bars former PM Imran Khan from running for office for 5 years - La Prensa Latina Media
Islamabad, Aug 9 (EFE).- Imran Khan, Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister and opposition leader, has been banned from holding public office for five years. The decision by the election commission on Tuesday evening, which prevents him from participating in the upcoming elections later this year, comes in the wake of Khan’s conviction and subsequent three-year prison sentence over allegations of corruption. Khan, a former cricketer who switche…
Imran Khan is banned from running for office for five years in Pakistan - Egypt Independent
CNN — Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has been disqualified from running for office for five years, according to a statement released on Tuesday from the Election Commission of Pakistan. Khan has been banned as a result of being found guilty last week in a corruption trial and sentenced to three years in prison, the statement said. The trial relates to an inquiry conducted by the election commission which found Khan guilty of unlawf…
Election commission bans Pakistan's ex-PM Imran Khan from running for office for 5 years
Imran Khan, the former prime minister of Pakistan who last week was convicted on corruption charges, has been disqualified from running for office for five years, the country's election commission said.
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