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: A Pakistani court has sentenced former prime minister Imran Khan and his close ally former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi to 10 years in jail in a case related to the leaking of state secrets.
Tuesday 30 January 2024 - 17:36
Story Code : 413830
Source : IRNA
Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan sentenced to 10 years in jail
A special court that was set up in a prison in Rawalpindi issued the jail sentence for Imran Khan as part of the so-called cypher case which involves a diplomatic cable that the former prime minister says is a proof that his ouster from power in 2022 was a conspiracy.
Khan and Qureshi had been charged with leaking classified state documents.
Imran Khan was Pakistan's prime minister from 2018 to 2022 before he was ousted in a no confidence vote and after he lost the support of the nation’s powerful military figures.
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