Former Pakistan captain and PM Imran Khan arrested by police after court gives three-year prison sentence

Police arrested Pakistani former Prime Minister within the japanese metropolis of Lahore on Saturday, his lawyer stated, after a courtroom sentenced him to 3 years in jail for illegally promoting state presents.

Legal consultants say a conviction within the case might finish Khan’s probabilities of collaborating in nationwide elections that need to be held earlier than early November.

Khan’s political occasion, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) stated in a press release they’d already filed an attraction within the nation’s Supreme Court over the district courtroom case.

Local media and a Reuters witness described police surrounding Khan’s residence in Lahore after the decision was launched.

The sentence pertains to an inquiry performed by the election fee, which discovered Khan responsible of unlawfully promoting state presents throughout his tenure as Prime Minister from 2018 to 2022.

Khan has denied any wrongdoing.

The 70-year-old cricketer-turned-politician was accused of misusing his premiership to purchase and promote presents in state possession that had been acquired throughout visits overseas and value greater than 140 million Pakistani rupees ($635,000).