Pakistan’s election commission bars ex-PM Khan from office
By MUNIR AHMED
Associated Press
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say Pakistan’s elections commission has disqualified the country’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan for five years from holding public office on charges of unlawfully selling state gifts and concealing assets. The ruling is likely to deepen lingering political turmoil in the impoverished country. Khan’s spokesman, Fawad Chaudhry, told reporters Friday that the Election Commission of Pakistan announced the much-awaited verdict in the capital, Islamabad. Chaudhry condemned the disqualification of Khan from taking part in politics. Legal experts say Khan will lose his National Assembly seat under the verdict. The latest decision comes months after the parliament ousted Khan through a no-confidence vote.
