PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Pakistan’s former premier Imran Khan was disqualified as lawmaker by the election panel in a corruption case on Friday.
A four-member bench of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced its unanimous judgment in Islamabad at 2pm.
Activists and leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, the party led by Khan, climbed the gate to the ECP Secretariat in the federal capital.
The incumbent government filed the reference against Khan in August for not sharing details of Toshakhana gifts and proceeds from their sale.
The reference had been submitted to National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, who forwarded it to CEC Sikander Sultan Raja for further action.
Before the ruling stripping the PTI chief of his National Assembly membership was handed down, tight security measures were put in place at the ECP’s
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