Whatever might be claims or strategies of military establishment but court verdicts against former Prime Minister Imran Khan and spouse badly affecting the image of Pakistan at global level, said a Pakistani political export.<\/p>\n
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Workers of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) gather in front of the offices of the Election Commission of Pakistan in Karachi to protest against its decision to disqualify party chairman Imran Khan. AFP<\/p><\/div>\n
Speaking to Harici, the veteran pundit Shamim Shaid said that all these decisions are not only made in hurry but are lacking the right of defense. \u201cNo doubt to mention that on the issue of Imran Khan state organs are divided. Powerful military establishment is bent upon elimination of Imran Khan whereas he has support within the judiciary. Only Supreme Court of Pakistan chief Justice Faez Essa making attempts to settle scores with the judiciary,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
At the moment Imran Khan and his PTI kept away from the election process but PTI affiliated independent candidates becoming a serious problem for the military establishment. \u201cIt is also a fact that Imran Khan still enjoys support within Jewish lobby and on such grounds the international community is also pressurizing the military establishment to behave with Imran Khan. However, the situation is very critical for Pakistan as its internal and external problems are being complicated,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Khan and his ex-FM Qureshi accused of damaging Pak-US relations<\/strong><\/p>\n The Special Court established under the Special Secret Act also sentenced Khan\u2019s former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi to 10 years behind bars and issued a verdict in the cipher case which accused both Khan and Qureshi for violating their oaths during their time of office as Prime Minister and Foreign Minister and caused damage to the Pakistan and US relations.<\/p>\n In a 77-page verdict, Judge Abul Hasnat Zulqarnain also held that both Imran Khan and Shah Mahmood Qureshi attempted to garner sympathy for personal gains, according to Pakistan observer.<\/p>\n The judge also accepted the prosecution stance, Azam Khan, that both the Khan and Qureshi had also damaged Pakistan ties with the US, stating that both had violated their oaths and damaged the country at the global stage.<\/p>\n They have failed to prove themselves innocent<\/strong><\/p>\n According to the witnesses, Shah Mahmood Qureshi incited the people in a public gathering on the matter of cipher, and both Imran and Qureshi failed to prove themselves innocent, Pakistan Observer reported.<\/p>\n A special court of Pakistan handed both former premier Imran Khan and ex-foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi 10=14 years in jail in the cipher case.<\/p><\/div>\n But Khan\u2019s lawyer, Babar Awan had dismissed the conviction as a violation of Khan\u2019s basic rights and accused the judge of being so hasty to announce a jail sentence in such a hurry that even not waited for the legal team of Khan to arrive in the court.<\/p>\n Khan was removed from power in a no-confidence vote in April 2022, and he immediately accused the US and the country\u2019s military establishment behind this decision. However, he now has over 150 legal cases of different charges, including corruption.<\/p>\n It is worth mentioning that Khan and his political party Tehreek-e-Insaf still remain intensely popular and his supporters have all time stood besides him and once they attacked military installations after Khan was arrested last year. But since then, the Pakistan army and the police had imposed a crackdown on his supporters and his team, where many of the party\u2019s candidates have been disqualified from running in the upcoming elections.<\/p>\n Hatred politics would leave Pakistan nowhere<\/strong><\/p>\n Chairman Pakistan People\u2019s Party, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that Pakistan would achieve nothing if the politicians remained engaged in hatred politics and personal hostilities.<\/p>\n Zardari warned against engaging in revenge politics, stating that PML-N Supremo Nawaz Sharif\u2019s revenge and hatred politics would leave the country nowhere, and called on the politicians to restrain themselves from settling personal scores rather than work for the betterment of the country.<\/p>\n In a move to exhibit political maturity, Zardari disapproved the celebrations over Khan\u2019s jail sentence, but said that Khan has been going because of his own political approach and accused him too of prompting revenge politics against his opponents.<\/p>\n He also accused Nawaz Sharif of always resorting to revenge politics and warned that potential continuation of such practices will leave the country nowhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife were sentenced to 14 years jail after being found guilty of corruption. Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi have been accused of retaining and selling state gifts when he was in power, but many see this as a political move by the military establishment of Pakistan […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3427,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1320,766,503,92,1752,1753,128,1751,1750],"class_list":["post-3424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middleeast","tag-court","tag-government","tag-headline","tag-judge","tag-lawyer","tag-opposition-party","tag-politics","tag-prison","tag-sentence"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/harici.com.tr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.jpg\")