Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has been charged in an Official Secrets and techniques Act case, his social gathering has stated.
A particular court docket has indicted the 71-year-old and his former international minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, based on the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
The cost is said to a labeled cable despatched to Islamabad by Pakistan’s ambassador in Washington early final yr, which Khan is accused of constructing public.
Khan denies that and says its contents appeared within the media from different sources.
His social gathering says the case is because of start on Friday and that it intends to problem the costs.
Khan, a former cricketing hero turned politician, was ousted from energy following a no confidence vote in parliament final yr.
He then led protests towards the federal government to push for an early normal election, and towards the army, which he accused of making an attempt to sideline him.
Khan was convicted of corruption earlier this yr for unlawfully promoting state presents in workplace.
However the conviction was suspended in August and his three-year jail sentence overturned.
He was later arrested in reference to different {cases}, together with instigating violence and the official secrets and techniques case.
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Khan has had dozens of authorized {cases} filed towards him. He has denounced them as an effort to banish him from politics.
A responsible verdict below the Official Secrets and techniques Act may carry as much as 14 years in jail or perhaps a demise sentence, legal professionals say.
Khan’s social gathering stated Monday’s listening to happened on the premises of Adyala Jail, close to Islamabad, the place Khan is being held.
He’s disqualified from the upcoming normal election due to his corruption conviction, however his authorized group is pushing for him to be launched on bail earlier than the vote.