There must be a leap of faith involved --Imran Khan faces a genuine disqualification risk--
The main threat to Imran Khan's eligibility may not be related to the foreign funding matter as much as it may be related to his failure to declare his earnings from the sale of Toshakhana presents to the ECP as required annually in the years 2018 and 2019. On a strictly technical and legalistic view of rules and precedent, even though the declaration was eventually made in 2020, it can still have serious repercussions if it is not made during the pertinent and specific two years. The possibility of a Supreme Court disqualification ruling in a case involving a previous prime minister's failure to disclose assets looms over the current situation like a sword of Damocles. In the case of Imran Khan Niazi & others v. Mian Mohammad Nawaz Shareef, the Supreme Court ruled that Mian Mohammad Nawaz Shareef was permanently disqualified for holding public office because he failed to disclose to the ECP in 2013 his "unwithdrawn" payable salary of 10,000 UAE Dirh