Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on Wednesday failed to get any relief from the court to contest next month’s general elections. The appellate tribunals of the Lahore High Court (LHC) upheld the returning officers’ (ROs) decision to reject the founder of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf: party’s nomination papers for two National Assembly constituencies in the Punjab province of the country.
Pakistan will go to polls on February 8. Justice Tariq Nadeem and Justice Abul Aziz of the tribunal announced the verdict on Lahore’s NA-122 and Mianwali NA-89 seats, respectively. In the 2018 polls, Khan had won both his hometown’s seats.
“Both judges rejected the appeals of Khan against the Returning Officer’s decision observing that he (Khan) was convicted in the Toshakhana (national treasury gifts) case. His conviction is suspended but he is not acquitted in the case thereby he is not eligible to contest the February 8 polls,” a court official told PTI. On December 30, the Returning Officer rejected Khan and several other party stalwarts on what the.
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