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redander t1_itead2j wrote

Reply to comment by gandalf_el_brown in Protests erupt after Pakistan's former PM barred from holding office by SympathyOver1244

This is for anyone that wants a different article that says why. Also it's only for 5 years.

https://www.npr.org/2022/10/21/1130480717/pakistan-imran-khan-prime-minister-barred-office

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ValidStatus t1_iteww22 wrote

>Also it's only for 5 years.

No, it's for the length of the current assemblies. As soon as they are dissolved before the general elections, he gets to contest.

But it won't go that far.

The evidence is in favour of Khan, one of the election Commissioner still hasn't signed off on the judgment despite threats against him and his family by the government and the military which is why despite the announcement the Election Commission still hasn't released the detailed judgment.

And the Election Commission isn't a court os they don't have the power to make such a decision in the first place.

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