Pakistan Govt Seeks To Ban Party Of Jailed Former PM Imran Khan

Pakistan’s information minister on Monday said that the Shehbaz Sharif government will seek to ban the political party of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan,

“The federal government will move a case to ban the PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf),” Attaullah Tarar told reporters in Islamabad, days after a series of court decisions favoured the embattled leader.

“We believe that there is credible evidence that PTI should be banned,” he said, citing allegations against Khan including leaking state secrets and inciting riots. Khan has been jailed for nearly a year over a slew of court cases he says were orchestrated to prevent his return to power in February elections.