Imran Khan Charged with Contempt of Electoral Commission, Barred from Elections

Khan's party, PTI, loses its iconic cricket bat symbol as high court upholds suspension of intra-party polls.

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has been charged with contempt of the electoral commission, according to his lawyer.
Khan's nomination for the February 8 general elections was rejected by the Pakistan's poll body.
Khan, currently in jail, denies all charges against him and claims he is being hounded by the military, which wants to keep him out of the polls.
A high court in Pakistan restored the top election commission's order suspending the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's intra-party polls as void and revoking its iconic cricket bat electoral symbol.
Despite the setbacks, PTI chairman Barrister Gohar Khan stated that his party will participate in the general elections even without the cricket 'bat' as its electoral symbol.