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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live now to muneeb farooq, a journalist for the pakistani urdu language news channel, samaa tv. thank you forjoining us. how has this news been received? frankly, it was something this news been received? frankly, it was something that this news been received? frankly, it was something that was this news been received? frankly, it was something that was expected. l this news been received? frankly, it| was something that was expected. it hasn t come as a surprise because this case has been going on for quite a while and it was highly likely that there will be a conviction in this case and the response from the legal team was quite weak. apparently there was no defence and it is a fact that is floating on the surface. if you look at the documents and go through them, imran khan got the gifts from them, imran khan got the gifts from the state depository, it was legal to that extent but then he sold them and did not declare the amount in his nomination papers and different purpose t