Tag Archives: HRCP says PM Kakar’s statement on elections sans Imran ‘anti-democratic and ill-judged’

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Monday took “strong exception” to caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar’s remarks that “fair elections” were possible even without PTI Chairman Imran Khan and other jailed party workers. Imran, who was originally jailed for “corrupt practices” in the Toshakhana case — although his conviction has since been suspended — is currently on judicial remand in the cipher case. In an interview with The …

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