Incarcerated Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan’s nomination papers were submitted from Mianwali of Punjab on Friday, reports said.
PTI leader Seemabia Tahir filed Khan’s nomination papers for the National Assembly’s NA-89 constituency of Mianwali, his home constituency, they added.
Tahir announced the submission of Khan’s papers on X while several accounts affiliated with the party shared the nomination papers of the former PTI chief.
Khan has been incarcerated since his arrest on August 5 after a court found him guilty of selling state gifts during his government.
Although his 3-year sentence was suspended by another court, he has been arrested in other cases as well, one of which is the cypher case.
Earlier today, the top Court approved the bail petitions of Khan and his ex-foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the cypher case.
A three-member SC bench led by acting Chief Justice of Pakistan Sardar Tariq Masood heard the case. Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Mansoor Ali Shah were the other two members of the bench.
A day earlier, PTI approached the apex court to get a level playing field in the general elections 2024 amid reports of hurdles in filing of nomination papers.
Filed through lawyer Shoaib Shaheen, the petition made federal and provincial governments as well as the Election Commission of Pakistan its respondents.
It is important to highlight that Khan was disqualified by a special court in the Toshakhana case, and this disqualification remains in effect. As a result, he is ineligible to contest any elections until this disqualification is lifted.
