Saeed, who has been incarcerated in a jail in Lahore, has been sentenced to a total of 31 years by Pakistan's anti-terrorism courts in several cases of financing terrorism.
Violence has also escalated in the last few days in Pakistan as the South Asian nation approaches its national elections later this week.
The development came with little more than a week left to Pakistan's February 8 elections, where Imran's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is contesting amid a state crackdown and without an electoral symbol.
Pakistan's chief election commissioner expressed concern over the worsening law and order situation, but stressed that the electoral watchdog was fully ready to hold elections on February 8. His statement came after at least three independent candidates were shot dead ahead of polls.
The man, who reportedly supported the Awami National Party, had an argument with his son over hoisting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) flag and shot with a pistol. The son died on his way to the hospital and the police is still searching for the accused.
Imran Khan's nomination papers had been rejected primarily on the grounds of being convicted in the Toshakhana corruption case. With the Lahore High Court verdict, the only course of action left to the PTI founder is a decision by the Pakistan Supreme Court.
Pakistan ECP's statement came in response to the requests made by political parties and candidates to change their electoral symbols and the applications pending before the higher courts.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had challenged the verdict of the two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) which on Wednesday restored the cricket bat as the electoral symbol of the PTI party while validating its elections.
The candidate was identified as Kaleemullah Khan, who was supposed to contest from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's PK-104, according to police. Several politicians have come under attack in the run-up to the general elections scheduled on February 8.
The 25-year-old Parkash's nomination is historic as she is the first Hindu to contest the upcoming Pakistan general elections in the relatively conservative province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Parkash said that if elected, she will help the problems of Hindus living in Pakistan and 'across the border'.
Hafiz Saeed has been in jail since 2019 after being convicted for several years in multiple terror finance cases. The Pakistan Markazi Muslim League (PMML), considered to be backed by the terrorist, is now fielding candidates for the upcoming elections, including his son Talha.
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Parkash will contest polls on a Pakistan People's Party (PPP) ticket, the second-largest party in the Senate. The party is currently headed by Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari who had visited Goa for the G20 Summit this year.
The Pakistan media report also claimed that Hafiz's son Talha Saeed is also in the run. The media report claimed that Talha is contesting from the National Assembly’s constituency NA-127, Lahore.
Asif Ali Zardari, 68, served as the President of Pakistan after the elections held in 2008 till 2013, while his son Bilawal, 35, served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from April 2022 to August 2023. Pakistan will go to polls on February 8, with Nawaz Sharif returning to the fray.
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supreme leader, Nawaz said that on all three occasions being the premier he was improving ties with India but he was sent packing and that he did not know why.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the blast but suspicion falls on Baloch nationalists turned separatist groups who have been involved in low-level insurgency for over two decades in the gas and mineral-rich province.
Pakistan's caretaker Finance Minister Shamshad Akhtar outlined key aspects of the IMF agreement, affirming the government’s commitment to regular tariff adjustments, including a planned gas price hike in January to prevent the accumulation of circular debt in both the gas and power sectors.
According to a local media report, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is cross-checking certain pieces of “evidence” pertaining to some financial transactions that Bushra Bibi allegedly received.
Earlier in 2018, the accountability court had awarded a 10-year jail term to Nawaz Sharif in the Avenfield case and a seven-year sentence in the Al-Azizia reference. Besides, the court had also disqualified him from holding public office for the next ten years.
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