Hello. We start with breaking news imran khan, pakistan s former Prime Minister, has been arrested, after being sentenced to three years in prison. His team say they will file an appeal against the ruling. Thejudge found him guilty of failing to declare money he had earned from selling state gifts. As the decision was announced in islamabad a crowd, including some prosecuting lawyers, began chanting, Imran Khan Is A Thief outside court. Multiple cases have been filed against mr khan in the last 16 months. In may, he was detained for not appearing at court as requested but was subsequently released after the arrest was declared illegal. Since then his party has been under intense pressure from the authorities with many senior officials leaving and thousands of supporters arrested, accused of being involved in the protests that followed imran khans arrest. The Pakistan Parliament will dissolve on 9th august and a Caretaker Government will take over in the run up to the elections. No elec
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Right. I am going to be objective. And what does he say . People on the court dont sit on separate sides of the aisle. He could have said that. Listen, i am not guilty of any of this. But let me tell you, if i have the honor of being confirmed for this particular seat, here is how i will conduct myself. I am open to every investigation that you can bring. Open up to an fbi investigation because i am completely innocent. But this is how i will conduct myself as a judge. And he would not have had to go into all that partisan rhetoric that people say he doesnt have the temperament now criticizing him for not having the temperament to be confirmed. Yes and no. Im part of the way with you. Early on he did talk that way. It was only after the allegations came up. The early part of the confirmation hearing he comported himself exactly the way youre suggesting he should have. He did. But once the allegations came he needed to maintain that poise because thats what you do if you want to be a Su
Open up to an fbi investigation because i am completely innocent. But this is how i will conduct myself as a judge and he would not have to have gone into all of that partisan rhetoric that people say he doesnt have the temperament now, criticizing him for not having the temperament to be confirmed. Yes and no. Im part which with you. Early on he did talk that way. It was only after the allegations came up. In the early part of the confirmation hearing, he comported himself exactly the way youre suggesting he should have. He did. But once the allegations came, he needed to maintain that poise because thats what you do if you want to be a Supreme Court justice. I get that youd be pissed off if you were falsely accused, so would i. Id go nuts. Id fight it every possible way if it was something i didnt do. But im not up for Supreme Court either and im not trying to exercise the demeanor and the manner for that. Id be fighting for what people say he was doing. He was fighting for his life