Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has been kept in Attock Jail in Punjab province. He was arrested on Saturday after being sentenced to three years in the Toshakhana case, after which he spent two years in jail. Some analysts and politicians with knowledge of Pakistan’s politics believe that the conviction of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in a corruption case and his sentence to three years in prison has removed a major obstacle in holding general elections. Done. Analysts believe that the incident will help the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the powerful army to get the “desired result” in the upcoming elections.
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested on Saturday after an Islamabad court held him guilty of ‘corrupt conduct’ in the Toshakhana corruption case. After this decision of the court, Khan will not be able to hold any public post for five years. Additional Judge Humayun Dilawar of the District and Sessions Court in Islamabad sentenced Imran Khan to three years in jail and also imposed a fine of one lakh rupees on him. The court said that he would be kept in jail for another six months for not paying the fine.
Know about Toshakhana
The Toshakhana is a department under the Cabinet Division, where gifts given by heads of governments and foreign dignitaries to rulers and government officials are kept. Imran Khan is alleged to have bought some gifts from Toshakhana, including an expensive watch, and sold them to make a profit. The court’s decision is considered a major setback for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party president Imran Khan (70), who has been arrested for the second time within three months.
what political analysts said
From political analysts to mainstream leaders, there has been talk in Pakistan in recent weeks that the October/November general elections will be held only after Imran Khan is jailed, and this will lead to general elections for the military. The way will be clear to achieve the desired result and it (Army) will be able to form the government according to its own. Political analyst Hasan Askari Rizvi said that after the arrest of Imran Khan, there is no reason left to delay the election. Hasan Askari Rizvi said, “There seems to be a convergence of views between the ruling PML-N and the Sena regarding the general elections.”
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif last week told the leaders of the coalition parties that he would make a recommendation to the President on August 9 to dissolve the National Assembly. Hasan Askari Rizvi said that due to the census, the election is bound to be delayed by a few months, otherwise there is no other major hurdle left. Shahbaz Sharif recently said that elections will be held under the digital census of 2023. Senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Musarrat Cheema said that Imran Khan has been arrested to fulfill the demands of the PML-N, especially its main organizer Maryam Nawaz, who had made this a condition for going to the polls.
general election later this year
Musarrat Cheema said that Imran Khan was expected to come to power once again after winning the general elections to be held later this year. Musarrat Cheema tweeted, Today, a national hero (Imran Khan) was murdered by his disqualification and conviction in a fake case. Maryam Nawaz had kept this condition for a long time for the election. A senior PML-N leader in Punjab told that the way for general elections has been cleared with the arrest of Imran Khan.
It is not easy to stop Imran Khan in elections
A senior PML-N leader in Punjab said on the condition of anonymity that both the ruling establishment and the PML-N feared that as long as Imran Khan was an independent person, it would not be easy to stop him in the elections. Therefore, his arrest was a condition for the election, otherwise there was no reason to delay the election. Zulfiqar Ahmad Bhutta, a distinguished lawyer of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, said that Imran Khan can no longer continue as PTI chief after his conviction in the Toshakhana case.