{"id":14773,"date":"2023-12-31T02:34:15","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T07:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/pakistan-blocks-khans-bids-to-contest-in-2024-polls-toi-says\/31\/12\/2023\/"},"modified":"2023-12-31T02:34:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T07:34:15","slug":"pakistan-blocks-khans-bids-to-contest-in-2024-polls-toi-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/pakistan-blocks-khans-bids-to-contest-in-2024-polls-toi-says\/31\/12\/2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Blocks Khan\u2019s Bids to Contest in 2024 Polls, TOI Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>(Bloomberg) &#8212; The Pakistan Election Commission rejected former Prime Minister <span class=\"caas-xray-inline caas-xray-entity caas-xray-pill rapid-nonanchor-lt\" data-entity-id=\"Imran_Khan\" data-ylk=\"cid:Imran_Khan;pos:1;elmt:wiki;sec:pill-inline-entity;elm:pill-inline-text;itc:1;cat:Politician;\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><a href=\"https:\/\/search.yahoo.com\/search?p=Imran%20Khan\" data-i13n=\"cid:Imran_Khan;pos:1;elmt:wiki;sec:pill-inline-entity;elm:pill-inline-text;itc:1;cat:Politician;\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-ylk=\"slk:Imran Khan;cid:Imran_Khan;pos:1;elmt:wiki;sec:pill-inline-entity;elm:pill-inline-text;itc:1;cat:Politician;\" class=\"link \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Imran Khan<\/a><\/span>\u2019s applications to compete in the 2024 elections in two constituencies, the Times of India reported.<\/p>\n<p>Most Read from Bloomberg<\/p>\n<p>Khan submitted nomination papers to contest in Lahore and his home town of Mianwali, the paper said, citing the Election Commission and the politician\u2019s media team.<\/p>\n<p>The Election Commission said Khan\u2019s nomination in Lahore was rejected as he isn\u2019t a registered voter in the constituency, and has been convicted and already disqualified from running for office, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>Imran Khan Arrest in Graft Case Sparks Violence in Pakistan<\/p>\n<p>Elections will usher in a new government for five years that will be tasked with reviving Pakistan\u2019s economy, which was close to a default this year prior to a $3 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund. It will also end political uncertainty that has gripped Pakistan since Khan was ousted last year in a parliamentary no-confidence vote.<\/p>\n<p>Most Read from Bloomberg Businessweek<\/p>\n<p>\u00a92023 Bloomberg L.P.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/pakistan-blocks-khan-bids-contest-031301836.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Bloomberg) &mdash; The Pakistan Election Commission rejected former Prime Minister Imran Khan&rsquo;s applications to compete in the 2024 elections in two constituencies,<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/pakistan-blocks-khans-bids-to-contest-in-2024-polls-toi-says\/31\/12\/2023\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14773"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}