Pakistan
ECP receives application for Imran Khan's disqualification
The application states Khan should be disqualified under Article 62 (1)(f) of the Constitution
Islamabad: An application was filed with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for the disqualification of PTI Chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan following the verdict in the prohibited funding case.
The application was filed on behalf of Aman Taraqi Party Chairman Faiq Shah who pleaded that the PTI chairman PTI should be disqualified for submitting a "false" affidavit.
According to the text of the petition, Imran Khan should be disqualified under Article 62 (1)(f) of the Cosntitution. PTI leader Faisal Vawda was also disqualified in the similar case.
Faiq requested that Imran Khan be removed from the party chairmanship.
It should be noted that the Election Commission had announced today the preserved decision of the foreign funding case on June 21, in which the prohibited funding to PTI has been proved.
Meanwhile, after the decision of the prohibited funding case, the federal government has also started considering important options.
The federal ministers have started consultation with the constitutional and legal experts.