Imran Khan

Imran Khan, the 71-year-old founder of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) party, has been facing legal challenges and is currently incarcerated in a high-security jail.

Khan, speaking to reporters in Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail, referenced the Supreme Court's decision to strip his party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), of its iconic cricket bat electoral symbol ahead of the February 8 elections. He attributed this setback to the "London Plan" orchestrated to sideline his party.

Following three days of continuous hearings, a three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, and Justice Musarrat Hilali delivered the judgment at 11.15 pm on Saturday, responding to the ECP's plea, according to Dawn.

During the hearing, Chief Justice Isa questioned whether the high court had declared PTI’s intra-party polls in line with the law.

On December 22, the Election Commission of Pakistan had revoked PTI's cricket ‘bat’ symbol, citing the party's failure to hold intra-party polls under the current Constitution and election laws.

As political parties and representatives seek approval for nomination papers from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the PTI finds itself dealing with legal issues and scrutiny of its party symbol.

The write-up reiterates Khan's concerns about his removal from power in 2022, which he alleges was orchestrated by external pressures and laments the lack of fairness in the upcoming elections.

Judge Ijaz Asif of the Anti-Terrorism Court Rawalpindi conducted hearings for 12 cases related to the May 9 riots against Khan and others. The police chief of the Royal Artillery Bazar Police Station informed the court that Khan was arrested in the GHQ attack case as he was named in the case.

Facing charges related to undervaluing and retaining gifts, Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, pleaded not guilty. The case alleges that the couple received 108 gifts from various heads of state, of which they kept 58 without depositing them in the Toshakhana (treasure house) at the mandatory price to the state.

Published under the title 'Imran Khan warns that Pakistan elections could be a farce,' the article questions the legitimacy of the scheduled February 8 elections and reiterates Khan's claims of his "engineered" removal from power in 2022.