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Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for leaking state secrets and techniques.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi had been handed a 10-year jail sentence within the cipher case by a particular court docket in Pakistan on Tuesday.
The cipher case considerations a diplomatic cable, which reportedly went lacking from Khan’s possession. Khan had repeatedly stated earlier than and after the no-confidence movement in opposition to him final 12 months that the cipher pointed to a conspiracy to take away him from the prime minister’s workplace.
Ten witnesses had come to file statements in opposition to Khan and Qureshi within the case. They had been introduced by the Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Company (FIA) which had registered the case in opposition to Khan and Qureshi in August for violating the key legal guidelines of the nation by allegedly revealing particulars of the official diplomatic communication, reported PTI.
In December, Pakistan’s Supreme Courtroom had granted post-arrest bails to Khan and Qureshi. Though Imran remained detained in different circumstances, Qureshi’s anticipated launch was delayed as he was reportedly manhandled and re-arrested in a brand new case on Could 9, as reported by the Daybreak.
Khan was ousted because the Prime Minister of Pakistan by a vote of no-confidence in April 2022. He was jailed on August 5 2023, after an Islamabad court docket sentenced him to 3 years in jail within the Toshakhana case. He was lodged within the Attock District Jail to serve his jail time period.
Later, his sentence was suspended by the Islamabad Excessive Courtroom, however then he was arrested within the cipher case and remained within the Attock jail on judicial remand.
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