{"id":54696,"date":"2017-12-15T12:23:26","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T12:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=54696"},"modified":"2017-12-15T12:23:26","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T12:23:26","slug":"pakistan-court-rejects-petition-disqualify-well-known-pol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/pakistan-court-rejects-petition-disqualify-well-known-pol.html","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan court rejects petition to disqualify well-known pol"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Pakistan court rejects petition to disqualify well-known pol<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Pakistan court rejects petition to disqualify well-known pol:- Pakistan\u2019s top court has rejected a petition seeking the disqualification from office of famous cricketer-turned opposition leader Imran Khan for allegedly concealing foreign assets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The Supreme Court in Friday\u2019s decision did, however, disqualify Jehangir Tareen, a top leader from Khan\u2019s Pakistan Taherik-e-Insaf party, for not correctly reporting his assets to income tax authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Khan\u2019s lawyer Fawad Chaudhry said shortly after the rejection of ruling lawmaker Hanif Abbasi\u2019s petition that he will challenge Tareen\u2019s disqualification in court.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The latest court order was seen as a boost for Khan, who played a key role in the July 28 disqualification from office of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif by the same court for concealing assets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Khan\u2019s party hopes he will become prime minister after winning next year\u2019s parliamentary elections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/asia_pacific\/pakistan-court-rejects-petition-to-disqualify-well-known-pol\/2017\/12\/15\/341a389c-e18a-11e7-b2e9-8c636f076c76_story.html?utm_term=.19e0c2320e14<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/pakistan-court-rejects-petition-disqualify-well-known-pol.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan court rejects petition to disqualify well-known pol Pakistan court rejects petition to disqualify well-known pol:- Pakistan\u2019s top court has rejected a petition seeking the disqualification from office of famous cricketer-turned opposition leader Imran Khan for allegedly concealing foreign assets. 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