Imran Khan’s party could be banned if convicted in pending cases: Report

If jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan and other top leaders are found guilty in cases related to the May 9 violent incidents and violation of the Privacy Act over the disclosure of confidential diplomatic documents, his party ‘Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’ (PTI) Can be banned. This claim was made in a media report on Sunday. The ‘Cipher’ case relates to the disclosure of confidential diplomatic documents. Khan had named the US at a public rally on March 27, 2022, claiming that it was evidence of an ‘international conspiracy’ to topple his government. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), after a multi-year investigation into the funding of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, unanimously announced that the party had received ‘prohibited funds’ in August 2003.

This provided an opportunity for the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)-led Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) government to dissolve the party. According to ‘Geo News’ report, Khan was disqualified from Parliament. Violent protests broke out in Islamabad following Khan’s arrest by paramilitary Rangers on May 9, 2023. More than 20 military establishments and state buildings, including the army headquarters in Rawalpindi, were damaged or set on fire in violent protests following Khan’s arrest in a corruption case. The party was in trouble after the violence by its supporters on May 9. Hundreds of rioters were arrested and booked on various charges in the days following the attack. Highly placed sources, who were part of the previous Shehbaz Sharif government, told ‘The News’ on Saturday that the ECP decision provided an opportunity to the then PDM government to raise questions before Pakistan’s top court for declaring PTI as a banned entity. Was, but the government chose to take up the matter at a later appropriate time.

Senator Azam Nazir Tarar, who was the law and justice minister in the previous government, said the government was struggling to save the country from bankruptcy and chose to delay the matter. Sources said it would be possible to ban PTI after the verdict is delivered to the PTI founder and other leaders involved in the cases currently pending.

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