After Imran, now even his close associate Shah Mehmood will not be able to contest elections, EC imposed ban

Islamabad (Uttam Hind News): In Pakistan While former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been barred from contesting elections, Pakistan’s former Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has also been disqualified for five years by the Election Commission of Pakistan on Saturday after his conviction in the cipher case. And he has been banned from contesting elections. Let us tell you that his disqualification has been declared five days before the general elections on February 8. According to the notification issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan, former Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi was disqualified on the basis of the decision given on January 30 by the special court in the case ‘The State vs. Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi and Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi’. Is.

After Imran, now even his close associate Shah Mehmood will not be able to contest elections: tell Let us tell you that on January 30, under the Official Secrets Act, a special court had sentenced both former Prime Minister Imran Khan and former Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi to 10 years in jail in the cipher case and now they have also been banned from contesting elections. Is. “Shah Mehmood Qureshi has been slapped with multiple penal sections and has been convicted on multiple charges. He has been convicted and sentenced under Section 5(3)(a) read with Section 34 PPC. Along with this, on another charge he has been punished with rigorous imprisonment for a period of 10 years. ARY News reported citing the ECP order.

The order said that Shah Mahmood Qureshi has been disqualified under Article 63(1)(h) of the Pakistan Constitution. As a result, the PTI vice-chairman has been barred from contesting the general elections. They cannot contest any election in the 2024 elections and for a subsequent period of five years.