Politics in Pakistan is based on an element of vindictiveness which often tends to make the creator or supporter of a particular law, victim of his own doing
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Politics in Pakistan is based on an element of vindictiveness which often tends to make the creator or supporter of a particular law the victim of his own act. This vicious political cycle has affected the lives and careers of several prominent politicians in the country and would now come to haunt former Prime Minister Imran Khan. The allegations against Khan in the Toshakhana case are far more complex than they appear and are a matter of grave concern for the former prime minister. Although the case does not at first appear to be part of a larger corruption scandal involving the embezzlement of crores of government funds, it nevertheless hinges on a principled stand adopted by the Supreme Court on the need for earnings to be declared by politicians, inter alia. Prime Ministers. In the case of Nawaz Sharif, the Supreme Court had disqualified him from participating in national politics for life, which also became the basis for his dismissal from the post of prime minister. In the Sharif case, the charge against him was for failing to disclose a certain amount that he should have received (but had not yet received) from certain sources. The opening part of the Supreme Court statement in the case had stated: “It is hereby declared that having failed to disclose his unclaimed receivables constituting assets from XYZ sources in his nomination papers filed for the Parliamentary Elections held in 2013, Sharif remains disqualified to be a member Parliament under Article 62(1)F of the Constitution.” It is worth noting that in the Nawaz Sharif case, even though he had not received the said amount, the fact that he was supposed to receive the amount, and had deliberately avoided declaring the same in the statement of returns before the Election Commission. Supreme Court for making what many members of the Pakistani legal fraternity considered a “controversial” and “harsh” decision. However, the fact is that the decision was implemented and Nawaz Sharif was removed from office. Members of PTI and PML-Q celebrated the occasion and appreciated the Supreme Court’s decision. According to reports, Khan had earned around PKR 36 million by illegally selling three watches gifted to him by foreign dignitaries to a local watch dealer. Apparently, during his tenure as Prime Minister, Khan made millions of rupees from these jewel-class watches, worth a total of over PKR 154 million. The watches were presented to him by foreign leaders. The most expensive watch, valued at more than PKR 101 million, was apparently kept by Khan at 20 percent of its value after his government changed Toshakhana rules and set the price to keep the gift at 50 percent (not 20 percent) of its. original value. Furthermore, he did so without ever declaring the gifts to the Election Commission and having them assessed. If Nawaz Sharif was held to be “dishonest” by the Supreme Court for not declaring an amount he had not received, in Khan’s case he had received a certain amount from the sale of gifts received by him during his foreign travels and had not declared the same. pose an increasingly serious threat to Khan. The primacy thus set by the Supreme Court would be a challenge for Khan to handle. The more sinister aspect of the Khan case is that when he received the expensive gifts, he failed to declare them to Toshakhana and kept them with him before disposing of them. Khan had received most of the gifts in 2018 during his foreign trips and ideally should have declared them in the 2019 declaration of return. Likewise, he did not declare the gifts received in 2019 in the 2020 declaration of return, thus committing a grave act of “dishonesty” to the nation and people of Pakistan. Although the Supreme Court’s decision against Nawaz Sharif was considered ‘drastic’ and ‘unusual g’ and was criticized by l. equal fraternity and political analysts, the fact is that the Supreme Court decision has become a precedence and remains in place. Moreover, given that Nawaz Sharif had to relinquish the post of Prime Minister and has been banned for life from contesting elections, based on this decision of the Supreme Court, there is no reason why the same norms should not apply in the case of Khan.&# xD; The Sharif brothers would ensure that Khan is not spared on this point, although Khan would try to leverage his support base in the public domain to mount strong opposition to the decision. The situation undoubtedly looks bleak for Khan as his fate now remains in the hands of the judiciary and the establishment. –IANS ksk/ (Only the headline and image of this report may have been reworked by Business Standard staff; the rest of the content was automatically generated from a syndicated feed.)
Politics in Pakistan is based on an element of vindictiveness which often tends to make the creator or supporter of a particular law the victim of his own act. This vicious political cycle has affected the lives and careers of several prominent politicians in the country and would now come to haunt former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
The allegations against Khan in the Toshakhana case are far more complex than they appear and are a matter of grave concern for the former prime minister. Although the case does not at first appear to be part of a larger corruption scandal involving the embezzlement of crores of government funds, it nevertheless hinges on a principled stand adopted by the Supreme Court on the need for earnings to be declared by politicians, inter alia. Prime Ministers.
In the case of Nawaz Sharif, the Supreme Court had disqualified him from participating in national politics for life, which also became the basis for his dismissal from the post of prime minister. In the Sharif case, the charge against him was for failing to disclose a certain amount that he should have received (but had not yet received) from certain sources. The opening part of the Supreme Court statement in the case had stated: “It is hereby declared that having failed to disclose his unclaimed receivables constituting assets from XYZ sources in his nomination papers filed for the Parliamentary Elections held in 2013, Sharif remains disqualified to be a member Parliament pursuant to Article 62, paragraph 1, F of the Constitution.”
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It is worth noting that in the Nawaz Sharif case, even though he had not received the said amount, the fact that he was supposed to receive the amount, and had deliberately avoided declaring the same in the statement of returns before the Election Commission. Supreme Court for making what many members of the Pakistani legal fraternity considered a “controversial” and “harsh” decision. This may interest you : SCOTUS is a victim of partisan politics – InsideSources. But the fact is that the decision was implemented and Nawaz Sharif was removed from office. Members of PTI and PML-Q celebrated the occasion and appreciated the Supreme Court’s decision.
