he failed to declare income from the sale of gifts he received while in office from 2018 to 2022. the verdict means he is not allowed to hold public office forfive years, with pakistan just months away from a general election. our correspondent, caroline davies, reports. sirens blaring, police truck after police truck, arresting former prime minister imran khan. the judgement came from here. police filled every corner in islamabad s session court. mr khan says that the case is politically motivated. the court said he s dishonest. so this is after months and months of waiting, we now finally have an announcement. imran khan has been found guilty and has been sentenced to three years imprisonment. outside court, shouts of your show is over, khan. minutes later, we heard he d been arrested. this was what happened last
the former pakistani prime minister, imran khan, has called on his supporters to protest peacefully, after he was found guilty on corruption charges and sentenced to three years in prison. a court in islamabad ruled that he had failed to declare income from the sale of gifts he received while in office. the verdict means he isn t allowed to hold public office for the next five years. pakistan is just months away from a general election. from islamabad, caroline davies reports. sirens blaring, police truck after police truck, arresting former prime minister imran khan. the judgment came from here. police filled every corner in islamabad s session court. mr khan says that the case is politically motivated. the court said he is dishonest. so, this is after months and months of waiting, we now finally have an announcement. imran khan has been found guilty and has been sentenced to three
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hello. pakistan s former prime minister, imran khan, has been arrested after a court sentenced him to three years in prison on corruption charges. he was found guilty of failing to declare money he d earned from selling gifts he received while in office. mr khan s previous arrest in may triggered violent protests and the army was deployed. our pakistan correspondent, caroline davies has the latest. sirens blaring, police truck after police truck, truck after police truck, arresting former prime minister imran khan. thejudgment came from here, police filled every corner in islamabad s session court. mr khan says the case is politically motivated. the court said he is dishonest. this is after months of waiting.
the former pakistani prime minister imran khan has called on his supporters to protest peacefully, after he was found guilty on corruption charges and sentenced to three years in prison. a court in islamabad ruled that he had failed to declare income from the sale of gifts he received while in office. the verdict means he isn t allowed to hold public office for the next five years, pakistan is just months away from a general election. from islamabad, caroline davies reports. sirens blaring, police truck after police truck, arresting former prime minister imran khan. the judgment came from here. police filled every corner in islamabad s session court. mr khan says that the case is politically motivated. the court said he is dishonest. so, this is after months and months of waiting, we now finally have an announcement. imran khan has been found guilty and has been sentenced to three years imprisonment. outside court, shouts of,