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Pakistan election body rejects ex-PM Imran Khan’s nomination for 2024 elections

Security officers escort Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, as he appeared in Islamabad High Court, Islamabad, Pakistan, on 12th May, 2023.

Karachi, PakistanReuters Pakistan’s election body has rejected former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s nomination to contest the 2024 national elections in two constituencies, officials and his party’s media team said on Saturday.  The 71-year-old former cricket star has been embroiled in a tangle of political and legal battles since he was ousted as prime minister in […]

Jailed ex-premier Imran Khan barred from Pakistan politics for five years

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan pauses as he speaks with Reuters during an interview, in Lahore, Pakistan, on 17th March, 2023

Islamabad, PakistanReuters Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan, who has been convicted and jailed on graft charges, was barred from politics for five years on Tuesday, an official order said. The order by the Election Commission of Pakistan, seen by Reuters and confirmed by a senior officer, said Khan was disqualified in line with his […]