Explanation

On 31 December 2024, An anti-terrorism court sentenced PTI leader and former Gilgit-Baltistan chief minister, Khalid Khurshid Khan, to 34 years in prison with Rs600,000 fine for threatening security institutions at a public gathering.

Khalid Khan was elected to the GB Assembly from Astore district in the 2020 general elections on a PTI ticket.

In July 2023, he was disqualified by the GB Chief Court for obtaining a licence from the GB Bar Council allegedly on the basis of a fake educational degree.

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