Pakistan watchdog disqualifies National Assembly opposition leader, other Imran Khan aides after riot convictions

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s election commission on Tuesday disqualified the leader of the opposition in the National Assembly, Omar Ayub Khan, and eight other lawmakers from former prime minister Imran Khan’s party, days after an anti-terrorism court convicted them for involvement in violent protests in May 2023. The decision comes amid fresh demonstrations by Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party to mark the second anniversary of his imprisonment and to demand an audit of February 2024 general elections.

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