Imran Khan's nomination for 2024 Pakistan national elections rejected by poll body
Imran Khan's nomination for the 8 February 2024 General Elections has been rejected by Pakistan's election body. Imran Khan had filed nomination in two constituencies. The 71 year old former prime minister of Pakistan was granted bail on 22 December in a case alleging he leaked state secrets, but he remained jailed on other charges ahead of an election due on 8 February 2024.
Imran Khan, a former cricketer with Pakistan men's cricket team, has been embroiled in a tangle of political and legal battles since he was ousted as prime minister in April 2022. Imran Khan has not been seen in public since he was jailed for three years in August for unlawfully selling state gifts while in office from 2018 to 2022. Notably, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief has been disqualified from contesting the national elections because of the corruption conviction, but he nevertheless filed nomination papers for the elections on Friday.
According to a Reuters report, Election Commission of Pakistan said Imran Khan's nomination was rejected because he was not a registered voter of the constituency and because he is " convicted by the court of law and has been disqualified". Imran Khan has also filed nomination from his hometown, Mianwali, which was rejected by the Election Commission of Pakistan. Imran Khan has blamed the Pakistan military for him being in jail, and has accused them of trying to keep him away from Pakistan National Elections.
However, Pakistani Military had denied these claims. Pakistan's Supreme Court granted Khan bail in a case related to a leak of state secrets last Friday, a day after a high court refused to suspend his disqualification from contesting the elections. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on
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