Pakistan’s elections commission has disqualified former PM Khan from holding public office for five years, accusing him of unlawfully selling state gifts and concealing assets, his spokesman and officials say.
Angered over Khan’s disqualification, his Tehreek-e-Insaf party urged supporters to take to the streets to peacefully condemn the commission’s decision, which Khan’s party was expecting.
Khan’s hundreds of supporters briefly clashed with police in the garrison city of Rawalpindi. However, the demonstrators dispersed when police swung batons and fired tear gas shells, according to local media reports. The government deployed additional security forces in Islamabad to maintain law and order.
The latest move comes days before Khan was expected to announce his much-awaited march on Islamabad to force the government of Prime MinisterSharif’s coalition government petitioned the Election Commission, seeking action against Khan on charges that he unlawfully sold state gifts that he had received from heads of other states when he was in power.Sharif and Washington both have denied the allegation.
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