Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday revealed that former prime minister Imran Khan, currently incarcerated at Adiala Jail, will contest the upcoming general elections from three constituencies.
Imran was found guilty on August 5 by an Islamabad trial court in a case brought by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) over hiding information about official gifts, and he was sentenced to three years in prison.
He was barred from running in general elections for five years as a result of the verdict. Imran’s three-year sentence was suspended by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) in the same month, but he is still behind bars in other cases.
Earlier this month, the Islamabad High Court had reserved its verdict on Imran’s petition seeking the suspension of his conviction in the Toshakhana gifts case.
In a media talk outside Adiala Jail today, Barrister Ali Zafar said: “Imran Khan sahib wants to inform that he will be contesting elections from at least three constituencies of Pakistan.”
He said the IHC was set to release its verdict on Imran’s petition challenging conviction in the Toshakhana case. “We hope that the judgment will soon be announced because the [election] schedule has been released,” the lawyer said, hoping that the verdict would be in the PTI’s favor.
آج تحریک انصاف کے وائس چیئرمین شاہ محمود قریشی کے سیکرٹری سے نہ صرف اسکے کاغذات نامزدگی بلکہ ان کے سارے ڈاکومنٹس جس میں انکے بیان حلفی، ٹیکس ریٹرن، NOC تھے سب چھین لیے گئے ہیں۔
کل عمران خان کو کاغذات نامزدگی مل جائیں گے، خان صاحب لاہور، اسلام آباد، میانوالی سے الیکشن لڑیں گئے۔… pic.twitter.com/ztDfH78rIQ
— PTI (@PTIofficial) December 20, 2023
Barrister Zafar said all the PTI workers had been given directions to file their nomination papers as the country had entered into the election mode.
“As long as the PTI candidates are concerned, our workers in jail, who have rendered sacrifices for the party in this difficult time, would be 100 per cent allotted tickets on a priority basis,” he said.
