Two former Pakistani premiers on Friday submitted their nomination papers to again seek seats in the parliament for the Feb. 8 election despite their disqualification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Imran Khan was disqualified by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in August for five years following his conviction in a case that accused him of illegally purchasing and selling foreign gifts he received as prime minister. The former cricket star-turned-politician\u2019s legal team is now expected to file an appeal in the Supreme Court to allow Khan to contest the election<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Three-time premier Nawaz Sharif was disqualified by the country\u2019s top court for life in 2017 and later was sentenced in two different cases. He has to wait for a new order by the Supreme Court of Pakistan that disqualified him for life from holding public office for hiding assets details in 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Two former Pakistani premiers on Friday submitted their nomination papers to again seek seats in the parliament for the Feb. 8 election despite their disqualification. Imran Khan was disqualified by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in August for five years following his conviction in a case that accused him of illegally purchasing and selling …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":99549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[6117,1203,6118,5285],"class_list":["post-99548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-former-pakistani-premiers","tag-imran-khan","tag-nawaz-sharif","tag-pakistan-elections"],"yoast_head":"\n