Imran Khan: Pakistan police arrest former PM Imran Khan after court docket offers 3 yr jail sentence | World Information

ISLAMABAD: Police arrested Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan within the jap metropolis of Lahore on Saturday, his lawyer stated, after a court docket sentenced him to a few years in jail for illegally promoting state presents.

Authorized consultants say responsible verdict reached by a district court docket may finish Khan’s possibilities of taking part in nationwide elections that need to be held earlier than early November.
“Police have arrested Imran Khan from his residence,” Khan’s lawyer Intezar Panjotha advised Reuters. “We’re submitting a

petition in opposition to the choice in excessive court docket.”
Khan’s political celebration, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) stated in a press release they’d already filed one other enchantment to the Supreme Court docket earlier on Saturday.
Khan’s arrest and detention for a number of days in Could over a seperate case had sparked intense political turmoil and lethal clashes had erupted between Khan supporters and police.
Pakistani media and a Reuters witness described police surrounding Khan’s residence in Lahore on Saturday after verdict was launched.
The sentence pertains to an inquiry performed by the election fee, which discovered Khan responsible of unlawfully promoting state presents throughout his tenure as prime minister from 2018 to 2022. Khan has denied any wrongdoing.
The 70-year-old cricketer-turned-politician was accused of misusing his premiership to purchase and promote presents in state
possession that have been obtained throughout visits overseas and value greater than 140 million Pakistani rupees ($635,000).