Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi was disqualified for five years by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Saturday, as reported by ARY News.
The judge pronounced the court's verdict in a case related to the plea registered by Bushra Bibi's former husband, Khawar Maneka against what he refers to as an un-Islamic and illegal nikah with Imran Khan.
In an interaction with journalists, Imran Khan criticized the judges presiding over the decisions, accusing them of transforming the justice system into a show.
Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif on Thursday, lashed out at the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), stressing that PTI founder Imran Khan has attacked the country's integrity to save his rule, as reported by ARY News.
The Pakistan-based news daily reported that the officials raided the premises just before a PTI's general body meeting and stopped members from entering the premises, warning them that they would have to face consequences.
The former first lady surrendered voluntarily before the accountability court in Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail, where the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) team took her into custody.
PTI founder Imran Khan's lawyer, Barrister Ali Zafar stressed that the accountability court announced the verdict in a 'hurry' after knowing that the party was approaching the Islamabad High Court in the Toshakhana case.
An Accountability Court (AC) in Pakistan on Wednesday sentenced Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, his wife Bushra Bibi to 14 years in jail in the Toshakhana case, ARY News reported.