We start with breaking news imran khan, pakistans 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 election date
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
The rail fleet includes five passenger loads, two locomotives and 339 pearls of sports, 1900 billion tomans, fully produced by the factories in the list, joined to the rail network, with the investment of the private sector and domestic manufacturers of the rail industry, we realized 346 units of the domestically produced rail fleet, facing the cycle of transportation and operation. Quote let us add that on the sidelines of the railway ceremony, the railway and 16 Investment Companies of the Railway Industry signed a contract worth 2 thousand billion tomans based on article 12 of the law on removing barriers to production. In the previous years, less than 10 of the amount was returned to the private sector and more than 90 remained. Cooperation of the ministry of oil and roads and urban development as well the organization of the supplementary Budget Program has been signed into law and new contracts will be concluded based on the new ones. Leila saki of sda news agency, we will have a
hello. pakistan s former prime minister, imran khan has been arrested at the high court in the capital islamabad. he was there for an unrelated hearing on corruption charges one of several court cases mr khan is facing. footage showed paramilitary forces in armoured personnel carriers detaining mr khan after he entered the court compound, before driving him away. mr khan was ousted as prime minister in april last year and has been campaigning for early elections since then. mr khan was arrested at the islamabad high court this morning where he was arrested on corruption charges. he was taken according to footage that was circulating, circulated by his party on whatsapp, the pti, images were shown of him being taken by police and put into a police vehicle. there is also footage which appears to show police in riot gear. now, we have also had confirmation since then from the islamabad police, who confirmed that they had arrested him on corruption charges. they have also issue