Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan sentenced to 10 years in prison
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Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for leaking state secrets, his political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) said in a statement Tuesday.
“Former prime minister Imran Khan and former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi have been sentenced 10 years each in a sham case with no access to media or public in Cypher Case,” PTI said.
It added that their legal team “will challenge the decision in a higher court” as they hope to get the sentence suspended.
The hearing took place Tuesday in a special court established under the Official Secrets Act.
The sentencing comes ahead of parliamentary elections set to be held in Pakistan on February 8.
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