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if you are getting into difficulty, if you are getting into difficulty, if the weather is getting bad. that sto has if the weather is getting bad. that story has only if the weather is getting bad. that story has only recently broken so thank you for the latest details on that. lawyers for the former pakistani prime minister, imran khan, have been in court today, challenging a decision over the weekend to jail him for three years. his lawyers say he is being held in deplorable conditions in jail but remains in good spirits. he was sentenced, on saturday, for failing to declare money earned from selling state gifts, while he was in office. after the verdict he was taken from his home directly to prison. he has denied the charges. salman safdar, a lawyer representing the former prime minister, gave us his reaction to the sentencing. shocking the more than manner in which this verdict has been announced. and we would say that imran khan
of not declaring money gained from selling state gifts. does he deny doing that? yes, of course, he denied that. our main case has been that the evidence has not been considered properly and appreciated properly. and the judge, quite shockingly, in the middle of hearing the arguments, just retired in his room and came back after 30 minutes with a 30 page written judgment, handing down conviction of three years along with sentence. now, this is indeed very shocking because the trial was still under process and he denied imran khan producing defence evidence, which was his right. so in terms of legal moves, what is your next legal move in that case? well, it s a short sentence of three years, and under the normal circumstances we would file an appeal in the high court for suspending the sentence. now, the difficulty is during the past three days, almost two and a half days, lawyers as well were denied access,
from selling state gifts, while he was in office. after the verdict he was taken from his home directly to prison. he has denied the charges. we can cross now to lahore, where we can speak to salman safdar, a lawyer representing the former prime minister. i will come to today s meeting in just a moment but briefly, your reaction to what happened on saturday? it reaction to what happened on saturday? reaction to what happened on saturda ? ., , , ~ . saturday? it was indeed shocking. we would say that saturday? it was indeed shocking. we would say that imran saturday? it was indeed shocking. we would say that imran khan saturday? it was indeed shocking. we would say that imran khan has - saturday? it was indeed shocking. we would say that imran khan has not. would say that imran khan has not received a fair trial at all and he has been condemned. thejudge has been the most objectionable in the whole process and it was written on the wall but he had one objective,
that case, this sudden judgment came. although it was expected it is nevertheless a bizarre judgment. came. although it was expected it is nevertheless a bizarrejudgment. the nevertheless a bizarre udgment. the basic nevertheless a bizarre judgment. the basic charges, not declaring money from state gifts, he denies this? absolutely. that s not what the judgment is founded on. the value of the gifts at which he purchased has not been questioned. that has been properly declared. the sale of the gifts has also been properly declared and he has paid tax on any earnings through the sale of those gifts. by the way, the selling of these gives is legal in pakistan and it s a very common practice that all previous steak or officeholders have done for a father except for the up all of that has been declared. it s all of that has been declared. it s all been done on a technical point. thejudge found he had listed a total sum of the gifts instead of