A Pakistani courtroom sentenced former prime minister Imran Khan to 10 years in jail after discovering him responsible of violating the nation’s Official Secrets Act by making a diplomatic cable public when he was in energy.
A particular courtroom choose Abual Hasnat Muhammad Zulqarnain handed down the order on Tuesday, Imran Khan’s lawyer Shoaib Shaheen stated in a textual content message. His former overseas minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi was additionally convicted for 10 years in the identical case, he stated.
Imran Khan can attraction in opposition to the decision in a better courtroom.
The case pertains to allegations that Imran Khan had shared the contents of a secret cable despatched by the nation’s ambassador in Washington to the federal government in Islamabad.
Imran Khan’s celebration, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), stated each Khan and former overseas minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi had been sentenced to 10 years every by a particular courtroom. It stated the celebration would problem the choice and referred to as it a “sham case”.
“Pakistan stands with Imran Khan and Shah Mehmood Qureshi, who defended Pakistan and stood for Haqeeqi Azadi. No such sham trial can change what occurred in March-April 2022, on the orders of Donald Lu,” the PTI wrote on X (formally Twitter)
The PTI added that it was a “full mockery and disrespect of legislation within the cipher case”, urging folks to vote within the February 8 basic elections.
“InshAllah Kaptaan and Vice Kaptaan will likely be again quickly, and this sentence will likely be in dustbin in attraction stage,” it added.