Pakistan

WATCH: PDM workers celebrate Imran Khan’s disqualification

Activists of PML-N, JUI-F and ANP distribute sweets, chant slogans in favour of ECP verdict in Toshakhana case

News Desk October 21, 2022

The ruling coalition celebrated on Friday after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced the disqualification verdict against former prime minister Imran Khan in the Toshakhana case.

According to Express News, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Ziaullah Shah celebrated the verdict, which is being considered a major legal victory for the ruling coalition.

چوہدری محمد نواز سینئر رہنماء پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ن) نے لاہور میں اپنے ڈیرے پر عمران نیازی کی نااہلی پر کارکنان کے ہمراہ جشن منایا، مٹھائی تقسیم کی اور ڈھول کی تھاپ پر بھنگڑے ڈالے گئے۔#گھڑی_چور_کو_گرفتار_کرو pic.twitter.com/OnfobjE5IF
— PMLN Punjab (@PMLNPunjabPk) October 21, 2022

The PML-N workers in Rawalpindi danced to the beat of drums and distributed sweets following the announcement.

جشن کا سماں #گھڑی_چور_کو_گرفتار_کرو pic.twitter.com/2dSQNgk8lW
— PMLN Multan (@PMLNMTNOfficial) October 21, 2022

Thousands of workers of the Awami National Party (ANP), taking to the streets, danced to the beat of the drums and chanted slogans in favour of ECP in Charsadda's Farooq-e-Azam Chowk.

کوٹلہ میں جشن کا سماں #گھڑی_چور_کو_گرفتار_کرو pic.twitter.com/Zu1e6yl9Rf
— PML-N Gujranwala Division (@PMLNGRWOfficial) October 21, 2022

They also chanted slogans against Imran Khan and PTI. Meanwhile, PTI workers also reached the occasion and chanted slogans against ECP.

Festive scenes across Pakistan as the nation celebrates the disqualification of a crook who destroyed the economy, foreign relations and the very social fabric of the country. #سرٹیفائڈ_چور_عمران_خان #گھڑی_چور_کو_گرفتار_کرو pic.twitter.com/ZK2NQ0ilyg
— PML(N) (@pmln_org) October 21, 2022

To prevent a clash between the workers of both parties, police reached on the spot. However, workers from both parties kept shouting slogans against each other.

#سرٹیفائڈ_چور_عمران_خان کے نااہل کیے جانے پر ملک بھر میں جشن کا سناں.مٹھائیاں تقسیم کی گئیں اور ایک دوسرے کو مبارکبادیں دی گئیں pic.twitter.com/Wfwc59UpGg
— Team PMLN (@PMLNTeam22) October 21, 2022

JUI-F workers also celebrated the ECP verdict against Imran Khan.

The ECP earlier in the day disqualified PTI chief in the Toshakhana (gift depository) reference. A four-member bench declared Imran Khan’s National Assembly seat vacant as it unanimously decided that he had provided incorrect information in the case and disqualified him “for the time being”.

عمران نیازی کی توشہ خانہ کی چوری پکڑے جانے کے بعد نااہل ہونے پر پورے ملک میں جشن کا سماں ۔۔۔ pic.twitter.com/4PpYklSvdE
— PML(N) (@pmln_org) October 21, 2022

The verdict deseated Imran as per Article-63 (A) and ordered the initiation of criminal proceedings against him for submitting a false statement. However, the ECP shied away from declaring the deposed premier disqualified for life.

Protests erupted in all major cities across the country soon after as PTI workers and supporters took to streets to express their dismay against the verdict.