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As the possibility of Imran's detention grows, PTI supporters swarm to Bani Gala.

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                 After Imran Khan was charged with terrorism, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) members and supporters began to swarm to his hometown of Bani Gala, where he currently resides. To protest the potential arrest of the former premier, PTI leaders have urged party members and sympathizers to take to the streets. Former followers of the ruling party hoisted PTI flags and chanted Imran's name.   At Imran's mansion in Bani Gala, several PTI leaders were also in attendance. After arriving in Bani Gala on Monday, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi and his son Moonis Elahi met with Imran at his home.   Senator Faisal Javed urged PTI supporters to visit Bani Gala while speaking to the media outside the venue. He added that families with young children and senior citizens have already been there since Sunday night. To raise the spirits of the PTI supporters now present in Imran's hometown, he asked for additional people to join. Senator Javed believed that "together we ma

There must be a leap of faith involved --Imran Khan faces a genuine disqualification risk--

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            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