After Toshakhana verdict
\nPolls supervisory body also de-notifies PTI chief as returned candidate from NA-45 Kurram
\n ISLAMABAD
\nThe Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has disqualified former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan for five years and de-notified him as a returned candidate from NA-45 Kurram following his conviction in Toshakhana case.
\nDeposed prime minister Imran Khan was arrested and sent to famous Attock jail on Saturday hours after a trial court in Islamabad sentenced him to three years in prison while imposing on him a fine of Rs100,000 for making false declarations about his assets to the polls supervisory body.
\nAdditional Sessions Judge Humayun Dilawar also disqualified the PTI chief for five years, apparently ending his prospects for taking part in the elections slated for November this year, provided that superior courts do not come to his rescue this time.
\n\u201cThis court finds it more than convincing that the complainant [ECP] has provided confidence inspiring, well-knitted and corroborated evidence and so the charge against the accused has successfully been proven,\u201d the judge said in his 30-page verdict issued at the conclusion of a rather speedy trial initiated on a criminal complaint of the ECP.
\nThe trial court said while filing Form-B for financial year 2018-2019, Imran Khan had declared \u201cfour goats\u201d as his assets but omitted to disclose purchase of precious gifts from the state\u2019s gift repository\u2014Toshakhana\u2014as well as their sale to different people.
\nEvery lawmaker is supposed to submit Form-B to the ECP on a yearly basis. This form is a statement of a legislator\u2019s assets and liabilities including moveable and immovable properties in and outside Pakistan.
\nAccording to the verdict, Imran Khan committed the offense of \u201ccorrupt practices\u201d by making and publishing false declarations in respect of assets he acquired by way of gifts from the Toshakhana during the years 2018-2019, 2019-2020 and 2020-21. \u201cHe has been found guilty of corrupt practices by hiding the benefits he accrued from the national exchequer willfully and intentionally. He cheated while providing information about the gifts he obtained from Toshakhana which later proved to be false and inaccurate.
\n\u201cHis dishonesty has been established beyond doubt,\u201d the order said.
\nInterestingly, the trial court issued its verdict a day after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) remanded the matter of maintainability of the ECP\u2019s complaint back to the trial court for \u201cdecision afresh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After Toshakhana verdict Polls supervisory body also de-notifies PTI chief as returned candidate from NA-45 Kurram ISLAMABAD The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has disqualified former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan for five years and de-notified him as a returned candidate from NA-45 Kurram following his conviction in Toshakhana case. Deposed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3603,39,2833,158],"class_list":{"0":"post-347943","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news","8":"tag-disqualifies","9":"tag-ecp","10":"tag-imran-khan","11":"tag-pti"},"yoast_head":"\n