After Imran Khan, now Shah Mehmood is also banned
While former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been banned from contesting elections in Pakistan, the Pakistan Election Commission on Saturday disqualified former Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi for five years 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.
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 banned them from contesting elections. Has gone.
Former Foreign Minister will not be able to contest elections
“Shah Mehmood Qureshi has been slapped with various penal sections and has been convicted on various charges. He has been convicted and sentenced under Section 5(3)(a) read with Section 34 PPC. On another charge he has been punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term 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. According to the federal probe agency’s charge sheet, the cipher issue involves a diplomatic document which Imran is accused of not returning. PTI said the newspaper also included a threat from the United States to remove Imran from the post of prime minister.
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