PML-N certain of Imran's disqualification in Toshakhana reference.

LAHORE -- The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is confident Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan is going to be disqualified in the Toshakhana reference as he has not declared in his assets the amount he received from the sale of state gifts.

'Imran Khan is certain to be disqualified in the Toshakhana reference as he did not declare in his assets the millions of rupees he receAived from the sale of state gifts. This is a two-plus-two case. He has done an illegal and immoral act and will be disqualified,' Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said while talking to journalists in Faisalabad on Monday.

Citing the case of his party supreme leader Nawaz Sharif, the minister said: 'A standard has been set by disqualifying Nawaz Sharif for not receiving salary from his son's company. If he can be disqualified over it then Imran Khan is certain to face the same fate for not declaring millions of rupees in his assets that he got after selling the Toshakhana gifts,' he stressed.

Last week, the PML-N-led coalition government filed a reference with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) seeking disqualification of ousted premier Khan from holding public office for allegedly acquiring gifts from the Toshakhana state repository.

The reference demanded the ECP disqualify Imran under sections 2 and 3 of Article 63 of the ConstituAtion, read with Article 62(1)(f). Article 62(1)(f) is the same provision under which former prime minister Nawaz was disqualified in 2017.

A group of MNAs associated with the ruling Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) had filed another reference with the ECP seeking Mr Khan's disqualification from holding public office for receiving prohibited funds from a number of foreign donors.

On the other hand, PTI senior leader and former minister Pervaiz Khattak said the so-called plans to oust Imran Khan from politics would not succeed. 'Only the public can oust Khan from politics and no one else,' he said and declared there was nothing 'concrete' against the PTI chairman in the prohibited funding and Toshakhana cases.

Interior Minister Sanaullah further said when a watch gifted to Imran by the ruler of a country was taken to a Dubai market the latter was contacted and asked whether it was stolen. 'This was not only an illegal and immoral act, but it also affected Pakistan's relations with that country,' he claimed.

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