Ex-Pak PM Imran Khan to file Rs 10 billion lawsuit against Election Commission chief for disqualifying him

Mr. Khan has announced that his objective was to gain Haqeeqi Azadi (real freedom) through the march to Islamabad which in his words was possible if free and fair elections are held immediately.

Imran Khan on Monday targeted the chief of the Election Commission of Pakistan and announced that he will file a Rs 10 billion defamation suit against him for destroying his reputation by disqualifying him, as the ousted premier addressed his supporters at the start of the fourth day of his long march.

Mr. Khan has announced that his objective was to gain Haqeeqi Azadi (real freedom) through the march to Islamabad which in his words was possible if free and fair elections are held immediately.

Mr. Khan, 70, was earlier this month disqualified from membership of the current National Assembly by a five-member panel of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), which was headed by its chief Sikandar Sultan Raja.

“Sikandar Sultan, I will take you to court … so that in the future, you do not destroy anyone’s reputation on someone else’s instructions,” Mr. Khan said while addressing PTI supporters at Kamonki at the start of the fourth day of his long march.

He alleged that the ECP’s decisions against him in Toshakhana and prohibited funding cases against him were made on the instructions of the incumbent “imported government”.

“You (Sikandar) are friends of thieves and action will be taken,” he said.

According to Pakistan's law, any gift received from dignitaries of a foreign state must be put in the state depository or the Toshakhana.