Pak election commission disqualifies Qureshi from contesting polls for 5 years

Pak election commission disqualifies Qureshi from contesting polls for 5 years

Pakistan’s election commission has disqualified Shah Mahmood Qureshi, a close aide of jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan, from contesting elections for five years after the former foreign minister was sentenced to 10 years in prison for leaking state secrets. The disqualification of Qureshi, 67, comes five days before the February 8 general elections, which Khan’s…