Kane Williamson will captain the T20 World Cup squad for a fourth time as New Zealand hunt for a maiden title
cricket8 hours ago
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition to disqualify cricket hero and opposition leader Imran Khan from parliament for not declaring assets, months after former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was removed by the court on a similar charge.
The ruling was hailed as a vindication by Khan's opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party but drew questions from Sharif's ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, which had filed the case.
The two parties will contest general elections in 2018, along with the Pakistan People's Party and several smaller parties.
"No dishonesty or omission can be attributed to (Khan). This petition has no merits and is hereby dismissed," Chief Justice Saqib Nisar told the court.
Khan had led the legal drive that led to Sharif being disqualified in July over unreported income and the opening of a criminal corruption case against the former prime minister.
A lawmaker from Sharif's ruling party filed a separate complaint late last year alleging Khan and PTI secretary general Jahangir Tareen owned offshore companies and had not disclosed their assets.
While Khan was cleared on Friday, the Supreme Court disqualified Tareen for life.
"The respondent is declared not to be an honest person. He ceased to be member of the parliament. The respondent is disqualified," CJ Nisar said of Tareen. PTI spokesman Naeem Ul Haq said the party was disappointed with the judgement on Tareen.
Khan's lawyer Fawad Chaudhry said shortly after the rejection of ruling lawmaker Hanif Abbasi's petition that he will challenge Tareen's disqualification in court. A senior PML-N leader, Miftah Ismail, told Reuters the party accepted Friday's Supreme Court decision as final.
"However, not being a lawyer I don't follow how Imran Khan was not considered an owner of the offshore company given that the flat owned by it was only used by Imran Khan and the sale proceeds from the flat also went to Imran Khan."
Sharif's supporters have alleged that some elements of the powerful military may have had a hand in the court's disqualification of the former prime minister.
Kane Williamson will captain the T20 World Cup squad for a fourth time as New Zealand hunt for a maiden title
cricket8 hours ago
Vehicle owners must bring their old plates along to the inspection station
uae8 hours ago
Clean sweep for UAE in golf as the hosts win team gold and Rayan claims individual title
sports8 hours ago
Silva announced his farewell on Monday in an emotional video message on Chelsea's website
football8 hours ago
Protest organizers deny accusations of anti-Semitism, arguing that their actions are aimed at the Israeli government
world8 hours ago
Images published on the weekend showed Bollywood superstar actor Shah Rukh Khan sweating profusely while watching his team train
cricket9 hours ago