Former Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan has been transferred to a high-security prison after being convicted of corruption. His supporters say a flurry of legal filings is part of an attempt to sideline the popular opposition leader.
Imprisonment could win the former prime minister and his party greater electoral support and strengthen his image as a fearless campaigner for the disadvantaged.
LAHORE, Pakistan - Police arrested Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan in Lahore on Saturday (Aug 5) after a court sentenced him to three years in prison for illegally selling state gifts, potentially barring the opposition leader from contesting an upcoming election. Legal experts say the guilty verdict reached by an Islamabad district court could eliminate Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's.
Pakistani police arrested the country's former prime minister Imran Khan after a court sentenced him to three years. "The district Court has indicted Chairman PTI Imran Khan . . . citing an affidavit based on falsified facts," a spokesman for Khan told Fox News Digital. "However, it's important to mention there was no chance given