"Nomination Of Almost All...": Imran Khan's Party Claims Excluded From Polls
NDTV
Imran Khan has been in jail since August, facing trial over a slew of cases he insists have been orchestrated to prevent him from contesting elections.
Jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan and most of his supporters have been rejected as candidates for the February 8 election, party officials said Sunday after nominations for the ballot closed.
Mr Khan has been in prison since August, facing trial over a slew of cases he insists have been orchestrated to prevent him from contesting the election as the figurehead of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party.
The former cricket star was found guilty of graft earlier this year, but a court suspended his three-year sentence and the conviction is being appealed. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) disqualified him from office over the conviction, but PTI turned in nomination papers for Khan last week regardless.
