Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been acquitted of leaking state secrets but will remain in jail because of a conviction in another case.
The former cricket star and his third wife Bushra are both serving prison sentences after a court ruled that their 2018 marriage had been un-Islamic and illegal as it came too soon after her divorce.
The couple were also found guilty of corruption over gifts received during his term as prime minister.Even behind bars, the former cricket star remains a powerful force in Pakistani politics.During the February elections, his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, which had been forced to run candidates as independents, emerged as the single largest bloc.
However, they fell short of the majority and their rivals united to form a new government.In the so-called “cipher case”, the prosecution argued that Khan had leaked a classified cable sent to Pakistan’s ambassador in Washington.At a rally in March 2022, the then prime minister appeared on stage waving a piece of paper that he said showed a foreign conspiracy against him.
Prosecutors said Khan’s actions amounted to leaking a classified document and damaging diplomatic relations.
“Thank God, the sentence is overturned,” PTI spokesman Naeem Panjutha, said in a post on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
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Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been acquitted of leaking state secrets but will remain in jail because of a conviction in another case.
The former cricket star and his third wife Bushra are both serving prison sentences after a court ruled that their 2018 marriage had been un-Islamic and illegal as it came too soon after her divorce.
The couple were also found guilty of corruption over gifts received during his term as prime minister.Even behind bars, the former cricket star remains a powerful force in Pakistani politics.During the February elections, his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, which had been forced to run candidates as independents, emerged as the single largest bloc.
However, they fell short of the majority and their rivals united to form a new government.In the so-called “cipher case”, the prosecution argued that Khan had leaked a classified cable sent to Pakistan’s ambassador in Washington.At a rally in March 2022, the then prime minister appeared on stage waving a piece of paper that he said showed a foreign conspiracy against him.
Prosecutors said Khan’s actions amounted to leaking a classified document and damaging diplomatic relations.
“Thank God, the sentence is overturned,” PTI spokesman Naeem Panjutha, said in a post on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
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