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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


A trial court in Pakistan has found former Prime Minister Imran Khan guilty of graft and has sentenced him to three years in prison, according to state TV.

The court found him guilty of selling and lying about receiving state gifts worth more than 140 million Pakistani rupees ($635,000), during his tenure as prime minister from 2018 to 2022.

Khan's lawyer Intazar Hussain told the Reuters news agency that he has been arrested and taken from his residence in the eastern city of Lahore.

Last month Khan predicted his opponents would imprison him eventually, saying "sooner or later they will put me in jail," adding that he welcomed fresh elections, but wondered whether his party would be allowed to contest them.

Shazia Marri, Pakistan's Minister of Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety, hit back, telling DW that "we have never desired for our political opponents to be victimized but law must be the same for all.

Earlier on Saturday, in a statement, Khan's party Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) said it had already filed an appeal to the country's Supreme Court.


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