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Ex Pakistan PM Imran Khan charged with contempt of electoral watchdog – lawyer

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Published January 03,2024


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Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was charged on Wednesday with contempt of the electoral fee, his lawyer Naeem Haider Panjutha wrote on social media platform X.

The 71-year-old former cricket star has been embroiled in political and authorized battles since he was ousted as prime minister in April 2022. He has not been seen in public since he was jailed for 3 years in August for unlawfully promoting state items whereas in workplace from 2018 to 2022.

“The Election Commission indicted Imran Khan in the absence of lawyers,” wrote Panjutha.

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) initiated contempt proceedings towards Khan and different former leaders of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) occasion.

Khan, who’s broadly seen because the nation’s hottest chief, denies all prices towards him and says he’s being by hounded by the highly effective army, which needs to maintain him out of the polls. The army denies this.

Last week, a excessive court docket refused to droop Khan’s disqualification from contesting the elections.

Source: www.anews.com.tr

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