Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court challenging the rejection of his nomination papers for two National Assembly seats in Punjab province that went to polls on February 8.

Last month, the nomination papers of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf supremo were rejected in two National Assembly constituencies in the province’s Lahore and Mianwali districts, citing “moral grounds and corruption in Toshakana (state treasury gift)” Convicted in the case.” The 71-year-old former cricketer-turned-politician filed a petition with the Lahore High Court (LHC) earlier this month against the rejection of the documents, but the court dismissed the petition, upholding decision of the Returning Officer (RO). ) and the Court of Appeal.

In his plea, Imran Khan urged the Supreme Court to declare him eligible to contest elections in these two constituencies, Geo News reported.

“A disqualification notice issued under section 63(1)(h) is not eligible,” the report cited this defence.

It was submitted that to be disqualified under Section 63(1)(H), a person must also have committed a moral offence; the petition stated that the conviction in the Toshakana corruption case was not based on moral grounds.

“The decisions of the Returning Officer, the Election Tribunal and the High Court shall be declared null and void,” the petition said.

Earlier in the day, an accountability court sentenced the former prime minister and his wife Bushra Bibi to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment in a corruption case, while Imran Khan was sentenced to 10 years in prison for leaking secrets. The queen strikes again. Sensitive state secrets.

In the Toshakana corruption case, the jailed PTI founder is accused of withholding expensive state gifts he received while serving as Pakistan’s prime minister.

Imran Khan and his wife were also banned from holding any public office for ten years and fined Rs 787 million each.

Imran Khan and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi were sentenced to 10 years in prison by a special court on Tuesday for leaking sensitive state secrets. Imran Khan is currently serving a three-year prison sentence after being convicted of corruption.

Pakistan is scheduled to hold general elections on February 8.

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