On Thursday, the Lahore High Court (LHC) halted the process through which the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) sought to remove Imran Khan as its leader.
Imran Khan’s petition against the ECP notice preventing him from leading the party was accepted by LHC Justice Jawad Hassan, who then issued the instructions. The Pakistani attorney general and the Pakistani Elections Commission received notices from the high court as well (ECP).
Khan’s attorney, Barrister Ali Zafar, argued at the hearing that the ECP lacked the power to remove someone from their party’s chairmanship.
The LHC postponed the hearing until January 11th.
After being disqualified in the Toshakhana reference, the obstinate politician filed a court motion the day prior to have his removal as Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman started.
In his petition, the PTI leader questioned ECP’s authority to depose him as party leader and referred to the commission’s notification as being unlawful.
According to the plea, the ECP began its ‘illegal’ procedures against Imran Khan despite the fact that the PTI leader had previously disclosed all of his financial information to the commission. In order to prevent the electoral watchdog from acting further before the court’s final decision, he pleaded with the court to rescind the ECP notification.
It also stated that the ECP action was intended to keep the populist leader out of politics.
For making “false remarks and an inaccurate declaration” in the Toshakhana reference last October, the ECP banned the PTI chief.
