Islamabad: Pakistan's Election Commission on Thursday warned Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan against using "inappropriate language" for his political rivals, days after he kicked up a political storm following his "donkey" remark for the supporters of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
On July 12, on the eve of Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz's return to Pakistan to surrender themselves to the authorities, the cricketer-turned-politician had said that whoever goes to receive the Sharifs at the airport "must be a donkey".
The remarks did not go down well with the PML-N cadre and even polarised the next Senate session, where barbs were exchanged between the two parties' members.
"The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) barred Khan from using unseemly language for his political rivals during election campaigning," Dawn News reported.
The ECP had taken notice of Khan's incendiary choice of words and directed him to appear before the commission on Thursday.
Khan did not appear before the ECP but his lawyer and PTI leader Babar Awan was at the hearing on his behalf.