Cricketer-turned-politician (70) arrested at his home in Lahore for illegally selling state gifts
Pakistan’s former PM Imran Khan’s political party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf said in a statement it had already filed another appeal to the supreme court earlier on Saturday. Photograph: KM Chaudary/APPolice arrested Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan in the eastern city of Lahore on Saturday, his lawyer said, after a court sentenced him to three years in prison for illegally selling state gifts.
Legal experts say the guilty verdict reached by a district court could end Mr Khan’s chances of participating in national elections that have to be held before early November. “Police have arrested Imran Khan from his residence,” said Mr Khan’s lawyer, Intezar Panjotha. “We are filing a petition against the decision in high court.”
Mr Khan’s political party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf said in a statement it had already filed another appeal to the supreme court earlier on Saturday.
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