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Pakistan’s election chaos casts shadow on next IMF deal

Ex-PM Imran Khan has asked the IMF to factor in alleged rigging in recent polls. That’s dangerous, economists say.

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Imran taps Gohar again as nominee for PTI chief​

Ikram Junaidi
February 26, 2024

ISLAMABAD: With its founder Imran Khan in prison, the leadership role has become a conundrum for PTI, as it has taken a U-turn and once again nominated Barrister Gohar Ali Khan for the party’s top post.

Mr Gohar was elected as PTI chairman after securing Mr Khan’s backing in the December 2023 intra-party elections, which led the party to being deprived of its ‘bat’ symbol by the Election Commission of Pakistan.

Last week, the party decided to hold fresh polls on March 3 and named Barrister Ali Zafar as Mr Khan’s nominee for the post of chairman.

 

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PTI not against any party or institution, says Ali Muhammad Khan​

PTI leader Ali Muhammad Khan has said his party is not against any party or institution.

At a press conference in Islamabad, he asserted that the PTI will not let decisions concerning the country be taken abroad. “Pakistan will not shift its masters to Washington,” he said.

Khan claimed that the fundamental rights of the people of Pakistan were stolen through “rigging”, stressing that the public should be allowed to exercise its right to choose a government.

While speaking about Maryam Nawaz’s election as the chief minister of Punjab, he said that he had nothing against her and would have congratulated the PML-N leader if she had won her seat through votes.

 

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Imran, Bushra Bibi indicted in £190m graft case​

A Rawalpindi accountability court on Tuesday indicted former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the £190 million corruption case.

In December, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had filed a corruption reference against Imran and seven others, including his wife, in connection with the Al-Qadir University.

The case alleges that Imran and Bushra Bibi obtained billions of rupees and land worth hundreds of kanals from Bahria Town Ltd for legalising Rs50 billion that was identified and returned to the country by the UK during the previous PTI government.

The reference filed by NAB alleged that Imran, who is currently in jail, played a “pivotal role in the illicit transfer of funds meant for the state of Pakistan into an account designated for the payment of land by Bahria Town, Karachi”. It also claimed that despite being given multiple opportunities to justify and provide information, the accused deliberately, with mala fide intention, refused to give information on one pretext or another.

 

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PTI to take ‘next step’, gather concerns regarding elections: Asad Qaiser​

Former National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser has said the PTI will take the “next step” and chalk a way forward after gathering concerns regarding the February 8 elections across the board.

“We have a one-point agenda that whenever elections are held in the country they should be free and fair,” he said in a media talk after meeting PTI founder Imran Khan at Adiala Jail.

“We will continue our struggle in the country as per the law and Constitution,” Qaiser said and urged people across Pakistan to participate in PTI’s peaceful protest on Saturday.