Wajahat Kazmi, a Karachi-based journalist and commentator, says there are several options available to Khan's legal team to overturn the sentence against him.
ISLAMABAD: In a major development, the Election Commission of Pakistan on Tuesday disqualified former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan for five years under Article.
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Pakistan's Election Commission on Tuesday banned former Prime Minister Imran Khan from politics for five years. Khan's lawyers are seeking to overturn his three-year prison sentence on Saturday and a five-year ban on politics. The former cricketer is accused of failing to disclose gifts he received when he was prime minister and selling them illegally. Khan was removed from office by a parliamentary vote of no confidence last year and has since led a popular campaign against the current government led by Shahbaz Sharif.
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