Imran Khan, Bushra Bibi sentenced to seven years in ‘un-Islamic niqa’ case
New Delhi:
- Imran Khan has been imprisoned in Rawalpindi for months, while Bibi turned herself in this week and is being held in her home on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad, known as a “sub-jail” “.
- Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has been dealt a severe blow ahead of the election, with dozens of its leaders jailed, supporters banned from holding rallies and the party stripped of its talismanic cricket bat symbol.
- However, the party is seeking to reverse the setback with a massive online campaign led by new first-time candidates. British Broadcasting Corporation the report said.
- This means that even if Imran Khan is jailed, PTI will continue to listen to his advice and work with him on strategies. Currently, the Press Trust of India says it will request the High Court to quash the trial court’s verdict against Imran Khan and his wife.
- Imran Khan, who was ousted in a vote of no confidence in April 2022, has insisted that the nearly 200 crimes he has been accused of since were fabricated by military-led agencies to prevent him from taking part in the February 8 elections. election on the day.
- About 127 million people are eligible to vote in a hotly contested poll that many analysts say is heavily influenced by the military, which has directly ruled Pakistan for decades and continues to play the role of political champion.
- Much of the faith has evaporated since three-time former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returned from self-imposed exile – a sign that his party had been earmarked by the generals to lead the next government.
- With both sides denouncing the other as traitors, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari claimed he was the only candidate ahead of next Thursday’s elections to point to a way out of polarized politics. Bhutto Zardari has sought to position himself as a moderate outside the melee – promising truth and reconciliation, the release of political prisoners and an end to “political vendettas”.
- Pakistan is in the midst of one of its longest periods without direct military rule, but analysts say the military has once again intervened in civilian affairs at unprecedented levels in recent years. Bilawal’s grandfather, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistan’s ninth prime minister, was deposed in a military coup in 1979 and hanged.
- While cricket star Imran Khan benefited from the military’s support when his PTI party came to power in 2018, his rise is also seen by young people as a sea change that upends the tradition of dynastic politics.
According to the opinion of AFP
