Imran Khan, the former prime minister of Pakistan, is claimed to have insulted poll authorities

 Imran Khan, the former prime minister of Pakistan, is claimed to have insulted poll authorities

Imran Khan, the former prime minister of Pakistan, is claimed to have insulted poll authorities

According to Khan's attorney, Naeem Haider Panjutha, Khan was found guilty at the Adiala prison in Rawalpindi.

Election authorities claim that Khan's conviction for corruption is the reason they disqualified his candidacy.

In a contempt case for insulting election authorities, a Pakistani court found former prime minister Imran Khan guilty on Wednesday, according to his defense attorney.

Khan, who is now serving a term for corruption and faces several other judicial proceedings, has suffered still further setbacks with the indictment.

A few days before, Khan's candidacy papers were turned down by election authorities, preventing him from running in the parliamentary elections scheduled for February 8.

Khan is charged of referring to Sikandar Sultan Raja, the head of the Election Commission, and other officials as "personal servants" of former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif.

After Khan was removed from office by his political rivals in a no-confidence vote in parliament, Sharif took over in April 2022. Governmental organizations have been suing him in court ever since.

The most well-liked opposition figure in the nation is the 71-year-old former cricket player.

According to Khan's attorney, Naeem Haider Panjutha, Khan was found guilty at the Adiala prison in Rawalpindi.

He said that Khan entered a not guilty plea during the court proceedings after the charges were read to him. On the same counts, Fawad Chaudhry, one of Khan's former subordinates, was found guilty as well.

Election authorities claim that Khan's conviction for corruption is the reason they disqualified his candidacy.