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Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan will not contest the intra-party polls and has instead nominated Barrister Gohar Khan for the post of Pakis­tan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman to lead the party in the upcoming general elections.    #ImranKhan #GoharKhan #PTIChief #GoharKhanPTIChief #BarristerGoharKhan #GoharKhanNews #PakistanGeneralElection #PakistanNews #ImranKhanArrest #InternationalNews                 ~HT.178~PR.152~ED.155~GR.122~

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00:00 Jail former PM Imran Khan will not contest the intra-party polls and has instead nominated

00:08 Barrister Gauhar Khan for the post of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf chairman to lead the party

00:13 in the upcoming Pakistan general elections.

00:17 Barrister Ali Zafar announced that Chairman Imran Khan would not be contesting intra-party

00:22 polls scheduled for December 2 and Barrister Gauhar Khan had been nominated for the slot

00:27 of party chairman.

00:29 The announcement came after much confusion and a sense of conflict creeping into the

00:33 party's talks, with unprecedented cracks emerging within its leadership regarding who will be

00:38 given the reins of the slot.

00:40 "Imran Khan was, is and will continue to be the chairman of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf.

00:45 I will carry out my responsibility till Mr. Khan returns," Gauhar Khan said post the announcement.

00:51 An experienced lawyer associated with EJSA's Ehsan's law chambers, Barrister Gauhar Ali

00:57 Khan started his legal career in the early 2000s.

01:00 He currently manages the Islamabad office of the law firm.

01:03 Although he is a relative newcomer to the PTI, his rise so far has been meteoric.

01:09 Within a few months, he grew very close to the PTI chief, particularly after an exchange

01:13 of harsh words with Humayun Dilawar, the judge who convicted the PTI chairman in the Tushar

01:18 Khanna case.

01:19 In 2008, he contested for a National Assembly seat in Buneid on a People's Party ticket

01:25 but lost by a narrow margin.

01:27 Being the head of the Islamabad office of EJSA's Ehsan's law firm, Barrister Gauhar

01:31 Khan has handled cases at different courts, something that also brought him into close

01:35 contact with Bahariya town owner Malik Riaz.

01:38 In 2011, the property tycoon was booked by the anti-corruption establishment for encroaching

01:42 upon forest land in Raq Taqt Pari, a suburb of Rawalpindi, and Gauhar Ali Khan was the

01:47 one who handled the case.

01:50 Pakistan's election commission disqualified Imran Khan for five years on August 8, 2023

01:54 for selling state gifts when he held the position of prime minister.

01:58 This sentence was suspended on August 29, 2023.

02:00 However, at the time, Khan's legal aid said that a final decision was yet to be taken.

02:05 The elections, mandated by the Election Commission of Pakistan with the deadline of December

02:09 13, marks a pivotal moment for the party's internal dynamics as well as the country's

02:14 political scene as it strengthens the notion of minus Imran, at least for now.

02:19 This will be a huge development for the party as the country moves towards general elections

02:23 set to take place in February.

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