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
his home in lahore. we have seen images from our teams there aren t the police arriving and we have seen the police arriving and we have seen the cars leaving the area with imran khan, it is not entirely clear where he will be taken to the next but we were anticipating this because just over an hour ago, were anticipating this because just overan hourago, inside were anticipating this because just over an hour ago, inside court, we heard from thejudge over an hour ago, inside court, we heard from the judge who found him guilty in this case about the state gifts he had received during his time in office, that he had then sold on the court found him guilty of not declaring that money. and the judge found him guilty, said that he was jailing him for three years and directed the islamabad police to arrest him immediately. we then heard within the space of ten or 15 minutes that he had been arrested in lahore. not entirely clear where he will be taken. his team here said to
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because of the incidents that took place on the 9th of may. it considered 9/ii place on the 9th of may. it considered 9/11 for pakistan and this is something out of the ordinary, military installations were attacked, they were burned down, vandalised. state institutions were attacked so this is something that was completely unheard of. there have been incidents in the past where political leaders have been ousted by the courts or through illegal and unconstitutional ways but nobody ever did this and imran khan got arrested on the 9th of may, his party workers attacked military installations and ever since that time, he has been defending the actions of his political party workers and that some people over the edge. instead of condemning them, telling the people it was not a good idea to attack military installations he was trying to defend it so that it is somehow the struggle the straw that finally
have left the party, many of his senior leadership and many of his supporters have also been arrested and imprisoned because of their alleged involvement in these protest that happened after the 9th of may so the question is how will pakistan react now, has the crackdown stopped people from wanting to come out onto the streets, will be seek a similar reaction or not? you mentioned the pakistan government, the pakistan parliament is due to dissolve next week on the 9th of august. and that means they will hand over to a caretaker government that will be in power until the elections. this is taking place against the backdrop of the elections, this is why it is such a contentious and difficult time and we wait to see what the reaction in pakistan will be to the arrest of imran khan. arrest of imran khan. caroline, thank yom arrest of imran khan. caroline, thank you. the arrest of imran khan. caroline, thank you. the stain arrest of imran khan. caroline, thank you. the stain with - a