ISLAMABAD
\nPakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan has challenged the ECP verdict declaring him disqualified in the Toshakhana reference in the Islamabad High Court on Saturday.
\nIn his petition, Imran stated that the ECP does not have the jurisdiction to decide about the corrupt practices and disqualification. The petitioner requested the court to declare the ECP decision null and void. However, the IHC registrar raised an objection to the PTI chairman\u2019s petition saying that he did not get verified his biometrics result.
\nA four-member bench of Election Commission of Pakistan headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja pronounced the unanimous verdict yesterday declaring former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan disqualified in the Toshakhana reference and ordered criminal proceedings against him under Article 63(1)(P).
\nThe written order of the ECP says according to Sections 137, 167, and 173 of the Election Act, Imran Khan has committed the \u201coffence of corrupt practice by making false statements and incorrect declaration\u201d.
\n\u201cWe are of the considered opinion that the respondent has become disqualified under Article 63(1)(P) of the Constitution read with Sections 137,167 and 173 of the Elections Act, 2017, consequently he ceases to be a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan and his seat has become vacant accordingly,\u201d the order says adding that Imran deliberately concealed the Toshakhana gifts details while declaring his assets. The office is directed to initiate legal proceedings and to take follow-up action under Section 190(2) of the Elections Act, 2017.
\nArticle 63 (1) (P) of the Constitution states that an individual is, \u201cfor the time being, disqualified from being elected or chosen as a member of the Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) or of a provincial assembly under any law for the time being in force\u201d.
\nThe ECP had reserved the verdict in the Toshakhana case on September 19 last. The reference was filed against the PTI chairman by the coalition government, for \u201cnot sharing details\u201d of Toshakhana gifts and proceeds from their alleged sale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan has challenged the ECP verdict declaring him disqualified in the Toshakhana reference in the Islamabad High Court on Saturday. In his petition, Imran stated that the ECP does not have the jurisdiction to decide about the corrupt practices and disqualification. The petitioner requested the court […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288250,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[39,32,2833,11199,5643],"class_list":{"0":"post-290917","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news","8":"tag-ecp","9":"tag-ihc","10":"tag-imran-khan","11":"tag-toshakhana","12":"tag-verdict"},"yoast_head":"\n