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Gohar Ali Khan elected unopposed as new chairman of ex-Pak PM Imran Khan's party

PTI elects Barrister Gohar Ali Khan as chairman ahead of deadline, securing the 'bat' as its election symbol. Imran Khan remains jailed.

December 02, 2023 / 14:59 IST
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PTI elects Barrister Gohar Ali Khan as chairman ahead of deadline, securing the 'bat' as its election symbol. Imran Khan remains jailed.
PTI elects Barrister Gohar Ali Khan as chairman ahead of deadline, securing the 'bat' as its election symbol. Imran Khan remains jailed.

Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf party on Saturday elected Barrister Gohar Ali Khan as the new chairman, barely days before the top election body’s deadline to hold intra-party polls to retain ’bat’ as its election symbol.

Gohar, 45, a lawyer, nominated by Khan for the top slot, won the chairman’s position unopposed, the Dawn newspaper reported. Gohar, 45, a lawyer, nominated by Khan for the top slot, won the chairman’s position unopposed, the Dawn newspaper reported.

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Khan, the 71-year-old cricketer-turned-politician, incarcerated since September in multiple cases and convicted in the Toshakhana corruption case, would not have been able to contest the organisational polls. Gohar Khan, a member of the Gohar Khan, a member of the

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first published: Dec 2, 2023 02:59 pm

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