Pakistan: Former ruler Imran Khan sentenced to 10 years in prison

The former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan He was sentenced on Tuesday to 10 years in prison for a case of disclosing confidential documents, less than two weeks before the country’s elections.

Khan has already been disqualified from taking part in the February 8 elections due to a corruption conviction handed down last year.

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Tuesday’s sentence was announced within the Adiala Prisonwhere Khan has been detained most of the time since his arrest in August.

Next week’s provincial and legislative elections have been mired in allegations of voter fraud and repression against the party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Khan.

The former Prime Minister and his former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shah Mahmood Qureshiformer vice president of PTI“They were sentenced to ten years in prison“, said a party spokesperson.

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The conviction is due to the publication of a diplomatic telegram from the ambassador of Pakistan in U.S which Khan presented as evidence of a conspiracy washington against him, supported by the Pakistani military.

Imran Khan He was charged in October under an official secrets law as he faced a barrage of additional charges that he said were filed to prevent his return to government.

Source: Elcomercio

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