What Imran Khans disqualification means for Pakistans politics | In Focus podcast
b'Five days after Imran Khan personally won six out of the seven National Assembly seats he contested in Pakistan, the country\\u2019s Election Commission has disqualified him from either remaining or being chosen as a member of Parliament.\\nMr. Khan has called on his supporters to protest the controversial decision just as his party said they would pursue a legal challenge against the Commission\\u2019s order.\\nMany analysts are drawing parallels between the October 21st disqualification and a similar action against then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in 2017 when the country\\u2019s Supreme Court stated that Mr. Sharif could not hold office as he had been dishonest.\\nAre there parallels between the two decisions? Is the unseen hand of Pakistan\\u2019s permanent establishment again at work? What impact will this have on the country\\u2019s politics?'