THE GUARDIAN: Khan arrested in Lahore after court also bans him from politics for five years for illegally selling state gifts
Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has been arrested after a court in Islamabad sentenced him to three years in jail and disqualified him from politics for “corrupt practices” involving the sale of state gifts.
Khan, 70, was picked up by police from his home in Lahore on Saturday after a court ruled on the Toshakaha case, in which he was accused of illegally selling gifts from heads of state worth hundreds of millions of rupees.
The judge found Khan had “deliberately submitted fake details” of the gifts to the court and had been involved in corruption. After expressing his displeasure that Khan’s lawyers were not in court, he sentenced him to three years in prison and ordered him to be banned from politics for five years. » | Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Shah Meer Baloch | Saturday, August 5, 2023
Au Pakistan, l’ex-premier ministre Imran Khan condamné pour corruption et arrêté : M. Khan, aujourd’hui leader du parti Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI), fait l’objet de plus de 150 poursuites judiciaires depuis son éviction du pouvoir, des accusations qu’il affirme être motivées par des considérations politiques. »
