Imran Khan: Pakistan former PM jailed in state secrets case as election looms - BBC News

The former Pakistani prime minister is sentenced to 10 years in jail in a case he has called bogus.

3 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, EPAImage caption, Supporters of Imran Khan's party attend a rally ahead of the general elections in KarachiBy Simon Fraser and Caroline Daviesin London and IslamabadFormer Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 10 years in jail in a case in which he was charged with leaking state secrets.

Khan, who was ousted by his opponents as PM in 2022, is already serving a three-year jail term after being convicted of corruption.

He has called all the charges against him politically motivated.

The conviction under the secrets act comes the week before general elections in which he is barred from standing.

Former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi - vice-chairman of Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party - was also sentenced to 10 years in prison by the special court set up inside Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, where both men are being held.

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