WEB DESK
Pakistan’s Supreme Court today rejected a petition seeking the disqualification of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan as a parliamentarian in a foreign funding case, but ruled against his close aide.
Khan, the chief of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf party is facing allegations of hiding his assets, owning offshore company and running the party with the help of foreign funding.
The court, however, disqualified for life Khan’s close aide and party Secretary General Jahangir Khan Tareen in the same case.
The case was launched last year at the request by Hanif Abbasi, a leader of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz.
Party spokesman Fawad Chaudhry said, a review petition will be filed against disqualification of Tareen. Both Khan and Tareen had rejected the charges and also announced to accept the court verdict.
It was the second major case involving the leader of a leading political party. Earlier, the Supreme Court had disqualified Nawaz Sharif for corruption, leading to his ouster.