Imran Khan and Shah Mehmood Qureshi have been on trial at Adiala Jail since final yr (File)
Islamabad:
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Shah Mehmood Qureshi was disqualified for 5 years by the Election Fee of Pakistan (ECP) on Saturday, as reported by ARY Information.
The disqualification comes 5 days earlier than the February 8 basic elections, which the PTI is contesting regardless of a state crackdown and with out its well-known electoral image, the bat.
In accordance with an official order of the ECP, the previous overseas minister has been disqualified on account of the Particular Court docket choose’s resolution within the case of ’The State versus Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi and Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi’ on January 30.”
”Shah Mehmood Qureshi has been held responsible u/s 5(3)(a), 5(1)(c) punishable u/s 5(3)(b) of OSA, 5(1)(d) Punishable u/s 5(3)(b) of OSA and Part 9 of the OSA learn with 34 PPC and has been held responsible in gentle of cost u/s 5(3)(a) of the OSA, 1923 learn with part 34 PPC and convicted and sentenced u/s 5(3)(a) learn with part 34 PPC and convicted and sentenced u/s 5(3)(a) learn with part 34 PPC and punished with rigorous imprisonment for a time period of 10 years, responsible in gentle of cost u/s 9 learn with part 5(3)(a) of OSA, 1923 and is convicted and sentenced u/s 5(3)(a) of OSA, 1923 with rigorous imprisonment for a time period of 10 years,” ARY Information reported whereas quoting the ECP order.
The order said that Shah Mehmood Qureshi has been disqualified beneath Article 63(1)(h) of the Pakistan Structure, as learn with Part 232 of the Elections Act, 2017. Because of this, the PTI vice chairman is barred from contesting the Common Elections of 2024 and any later elections for a time period of 5 years, as reported by ARY Information.
On January 30, a particular courtroom constituted beneath the Official Secrets and techniques Act sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan and ex-Overseas Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi to 10 years in jail within the cypher case.
The cypher concern entails a diplomatic doc that Imran is accused of failing to return, in response to the Federal Investigation Company’s cost sheet. The PTI stated the paper included a risk from the USA to depose Imran as prime minister.
Imran Khan and Shah Mehmood Qureshi have been on trial at Adiala Jail since final yr for ’distorting’ the details of the diplomatic cypher case. Each PTI leaders had been accused of conspiring to misuse the cypher’s contents for illicit functions.”
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