Pakistan: Firing Outside Election Commission Office After Disqualification Of Imran Khan

<p><strong>New Delhi:</strong> An incident of firing was reported outside the office of Election Commission of Pakistan on Friday. This comes in the wake of the disqualification of former prime minister <a title="Imran Khan" href="https://ift.tt/BWX5Kdz" data-type="interlinkingkeywords">Imran Khan</a> from the Parliament for five years for submitting a false statement in the Toshakhana case.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Pakistan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Pakistan</a>: Firing outside Pakistan Election Commission after Election Commission of Pakistan disqualified Imran Khan &amp; found guilty of corrupt practices.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PTI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PTI</a> Imran Khan workers baton charged outside ECP office.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ECP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ECP</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Toshakhana?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Toshakhana</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Imrankhan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Imrankhan</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Pakistan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Pakistan</a> <a href="https://t.co/yEMNrUwl8d">pic.twitter.com/yEMNrUwl8d</a></p> &mdash; Amit Sahu (@amitsahujourno) <a href="https://twitter.com/amitsahujourno/status/1583400474740678656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2022</a></blockquote> <p> <script src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8"></script> </p> <p>According to a report by news agency PTI, this decision was taken unanimously by a five-member bench. However, the member from Punjab was not present for the announcement. As per the verdict, criminal proceedings will be initiated against Imran Khan for misdeclaration.</p> <p>It is to be noted that security outside the Election Commission office was stepped up after the verdict. However, a large number of Imran Khan supporters gathered outside the office, escalating the tension.</p> <p>Notably, the ruling coalition government lawmakers had filed a case with the Election Commission of Pakistan in August against Khan, seeking his disqualification for failing to reveal the proceeds from the sale of gifts that he had purchased at a discounted price from the state repository, also known as Toshakhana.</p> <p>The ECP, after hearing the case, reserved its judgment on September 19 at the conclusion of the proceedings.</p> <p>The ECP bench on Friday unanimously ruled that Imran Khan was involved in corrupt practices and was disqualified as a member of the parliament. It also announced that action would be taken against him under the corrupt practices laws.</p> <p>Established in 1974, the Toshakhana is a department under the administrative control of the Cabinet Division and stores precious gifts given to rulers, parliamentarians, bureaucrats, and officials by heads of other governments and states and foreign dignitaries.</p>