Pakistan court hands power to Imran Khan ally in key Punjab state
SMACIN GRACEFULL TEAM Pakistan court hands power to Imran Khan ally in key Punjab state The Supreme Court says Khan-backed candidate for Punjab’s chief minister, Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, was wrongfully denied victory in a vote last week. ADVERTISEMENT Pakistan’s top court has ruled to hand control of the country’s most populous province, Punjab, to a candidate backed by former Prime Minister Imran Khan, triggering political uncertainty in the South Asian nation amid a deepening economic crisis. ADVERTISEMENT The move ramps up pressure on the federal government, made up of a coalition of parties that removed Khan from the premiership in April, as it attempts to implement tough, and unpopular, economic reforms to stave off a financial crisis. ADVERTISEMENT In a short order, Pakistan’s Supreme Court ruled that a Khan-backed candidate for Punja