Pak Polls 2024: Imran Khan’s nomination rejected

Pakistan's election body has rejected former Prime Minister Imran Khan's nomination to contest the 2024 national elections in two constituencies, officials and his party's media team said yesterday Khan has been disqualified from contesting the national elections scheduled for February 8 because of his corruption conviction, but he nevertheless filed nomination papers for the elections on Friday, his media team said. In a list of rejected candidates from Lahore, the Election Commission of Pakistan said Khan's nomination was rejected because he was not a registered voter of the constituency and because he is "convicted by the court of law and has been disqualified". His media team said the commission had also rejected his nomination to contest the elections from his hometown, Mianwali. Khan, who is widely seen as the country's most popular leader, says he is being targeted by the powerful military, which wants to keep him out of the polls. The military denies this. Last week, a high court refused to suspend Khan's disqualification from contesting the elections. Meanwhile, the election commission accepted former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's nomination from two constituencies.