The former Pakistani leader has been convicted of corruption and barred from elections for five years.He was once Pakistan’s most powerful politician. But Imran Khan, the country’s former prime minister, is now in prison. His supporters say political persecution fuelled his arrest. However, reactions are mixed, particularly in light of ...
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan spent the night at a high-security prison after a local court handed him a three-year jail sentence over corruption allegations. The conviction bars Khan from politics for five years, threatening his political future. The 70-year-old cricketer-turned-politician has been accused of illegally selling state ...
Imran Khan, 70, was arrested from his home in Lahore on Saturday shortly after being convicted and sentenced to three-year imprisonment in the Toshakhana corruption case. Published Date - 04:20 PM, Sun - 6 August 23
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Islamabad: Imran Khan awoke on ...
Pakistani former Prime Minister Imran Khan's lawyers could not reach him on Sunday after he spent the night in a jail near the capital following his arrest the previous day on a corruption conviction, a spokesperson said.Khan was taken by police from his home in the eastern city of ...
Islamabad: With Imran Khan's sentencing and quick arrest on Saturday in a corruption case, Pakistan has maintained its notoriety for jailing former prime ministers while shying away from taking any action against military dictators who repeatedly violated the Constitution. Khan, the chief of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, was ...
Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was sent to jail for three years Saturday after a court in the capital found him guilty of graft, a move likely to bar him from standing in elections due later this year. Some small, scattered protests by his supporters broke out across ...
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested and taken to jail today after a court handed him a three-year prison sentence for illegally selling state gifts, potentially barring the opposition leader from contesting an upcoming election.Efforts to put the divisive politician behind bars have stepped up ahead of ...
Pakistani police arrested former Prime Minister Imran Khan in Lahore yesterday, after a court sentenced him to three years in prison for illegally selling state gifts, which could prevent him from running in the upcoming elections. Khan's lawyer, Waitar Panguta, told Reuters that the police arrested the former prime ...
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested at his home in Lahore on Saturday after a court found him guilty of corruption and sentenced him to three years in jail. The former international cricket star had long warned he would be arrested to prevent him from participating in ...