hello i m nancy kacungira. the former pakistani prime minister imran khan has called on his supporters to protest peacefully, (box)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. pakistan s former prime minister imran khan calls for peaceful 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 y
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He called today a dark day for democracy in pakistan . however, it was writing on the wall because imran khan, for the last few weeks, has been predicting his arrest, and his disqualification. imran khan has grown in the last 12 months to be probably the most popular leader the country has ever seen, hence it was impossible to go into any kind of polls and election whilst he was in politics, hence he needed to be disqualified, which he had already guessed. that is something we have seen throughout the course of history in pakistan. it is a case which will be appealed in the high court and the supreme court, and we hope to get relief. we have heard imran khan s message, a pre recorded one this report is. have you spoken to him? what sense do you have of how his feelings are at the moment, or his strategising?
Or live from london. this is bbc news pakistan s former prime minister imran khan is jailed for three years over corruption allegations. mr khan denies any wrongdoing and says he will appeal. prosecutors in the us have asked a judge to limit information that donald trump can publicly discuss about his election fraud case. it comes after a social media post by the former president on friday. france says it will support efforts by the west african regional bloc, ecowas, to reinstate the ousted president of niger. police in new york say they plan to charge the us live streamer kai cenat with multiple counts of inciting a riot and unlawful assembly, after a giveaway event he organised in manhattan got out of control.
The government denies this, they say that there was no political net motivation. we heard that from the minister. their argument is that he has committed a crime, the court has found him guilty, now he must be arrested. what is your response? well, you know, it is a very logical response. we have 13,000 people in prison, men, women, children, we have people have been tortured. women who have had human rights abuses going on. there is a massive crackdown on imran khan s party. so, saying it is not politically motivated just doesn t make sense when there are 200 cases on imran