Colombo (Information 1st) – BREAKING: Ousted Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, 70, was on Saturday sentenced to a few years in jail and banned from taking part in politics for 5 years, for allegedly promoting state items, Pakistani media reported. Mr. Khan mentioned he’ll enchantment the conviction.
Punjab police took Khan into custody on Saturday afternoon in Lahore, shortly after the conviction was introduced by the courtroom. The Extra District and Classes Choose additionally imposed a superb of 100,000 Pakistani rupees. Khan was not current in courtroom in the present day.
Khan, who was ousted three years in the past by Parliament, is the top of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) get together which is the frontrunner for elections which can be scheduled for October 2023. Over 150 instances have been introduced towards him by the federal government since he was ousted.
The case relies on a legal criticism filed by the Elections Fee of Pakistan that Khan intentionally hid items from overseas dignitaries that ought to have been handed over to the Toshaskhana state repository for items, in the course of the time he was premier. The case turned generally known as ‘the Toshaskhana case’. The items have been allegedly value 140 million Pakistani rupees (USD 635,000).
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