Media reports indicate that the two sons have approached the accountability court, represented by their lawyer Qazi Misbahul Hassan, seeking the suspension of their perpetual arrest warrants in the Avenfield Apartments, Al-Azizia, and Flagship Investment cases.

The polling, which began at 8:00 AM and extended until 5:00 PM, took place under heightened security measures due to concerns of potential terrorist threats.

The PTA in a statement on Wednesday said it had not yet received any instructions from the government to shut internet and that services would work without any interruption on Thursday.

The disqualification of Qureshi, 67, comes five days before the February 8 general elections, which Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party is contesting despite a state crackdown and without its famous election symbol, the bat.

Having returned from a four-year self-imposed exile in the UK in October last year, the 74-year-old leader addressed a public rally in Hafizabad, situated approximately 200 km from the provincial capital, Lahore.

Despite a protracted crackdown on his political party, a buoyant Imran Khan made claims about the surprise ‘Plan C’ while speaking to reporters at the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi. The reporters had gathered to cover the proceedings of cases, including the cipher case, underway against him in prison on Tuesday.