“The court accepted our request, which is tantamount to a suspension” The verdict, which entailed a five-year disqualification of Imran Khan, was announced on Tuesday, August 29, by his lawyer Gohar Khan to Agence France-Presse (AFP). An Islamabad court on Tuesday suspended the former Pakistani prime minister’s three-year prison sentence for corruption and ordered his release on bail. However, according to one of Mr. Khan’s lawyers, uncertainty remains about the urgency of the latter.
Even if the case is revisited in due course, this decision will allow Imran Khan, 70, to run in the next legislative elections. He denied the allegations, stating that he did not break any rules. “Imran Khan has the right to lead his Pakistani Tehreek-e-Insaf party again” (Pakistan Justice Movement) after today’s ruling.” Babar Awan, another lawyer for Mr. Khan, told reporters after the decision was announced.
Gohar Khan expressed her fear that the former prime minister, against whom more than 200 cases have been filed, would be immediately re-arrested. “We filed a separate motion with the court asking for an order preventing the authorities from arresting him in any other way.”he added. “If the authorities arrest him again (…)it would be contrary to his legal rights.”he insisted.
Khan’s lawyers announced on Tuesday that they would immediately go to a prison in the city of Attock, about 60 kilometers from the capital, Islamabad, where he is being held. But Pakistani political commentator Omar Quraishi told AFP that he ” rest(It has) to see if the former prime minister(This) released, and if(was)When “because of the many files it encounters.
Imran Khan, who was ousted from power by a vote of no confidence in April 2022, was sentenced on August 5 to three years in prison for corruption. He was immediately arrested and transferred to Attock Prison.
For this reason, a few days later, the Electoral Commission of Pakistan excluded him from any participation in the electoral elections for a period of five years. According to the laws of Pakistan, no convicted person can lead a party, stand for election or hold public office.
Following his removal, Mr. Khan said his removal was the result of a conspiracy by the US, his successor Shehbaz Sharif and the Pakistani military. They all deny these allegations. Mr Sharif resigned this month after the end of his parliamentary term. Meanwhile, Pakistan is facing a deepening economic and political crisis.