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Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan jailed for 14 years a day after 10-year sentence

Islamabad, Pakistan Reuters A Pakistani anti-graft court jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Khan for 14 years each on charges of illegally selling state gifts, his party said on Wednesday, a day after Khan was jailed for 10 years in another case. The sentence, after the third conviction handed down to […]

Pakistan court jails ex-PM Imran Khan for 10 years ahead of election

Islamabad Reuters A Pakistan court jailed Imran Khan for 10 years on Tuesday for leaking state secrets, the harshest sentence the popular former Prime Minister and cricket superstar has received and announced just days before a general election. The special court found Khan, 71, guilty of making public the contents of a secret cable sent […]

Pakistan court jails ex-PM Imran Khan for 10 years ahead of election

Islamabad Reuters A Pakistan court jailed Imran Khan for 10 years on Tuesday for leaking state secrets, the harshest sentence the popular former prime minister and cricket superstar has received and announced just days before a general election. The special court found Khan, 71, guilty of making public the contents of a secret cable sent […]

Pakistan former premier Imran Khan held after court hands down three-year sentence

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks with Reuters during an interview, in Lahore, Pakistan, on 17th March, 2023.

Lahore, Pakistan Reuters Police arrested Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan in Lahore on Saturday after a court sentenced him to three years in prison for illegally selling state gifts, potentially barring the opposition leader from contesting an upcoming election. Legal experts say the guilty verdict reached by an Islamabad district court could eliminate Prime […]

Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan arrested, stirring nationwide violence

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is seen seated in court as security enters to arrest him, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on 9th May, 2023

Updated: 8:20am, 10th May, 2023 (AEST)Islamabad, PakistanReuters Pakistan’s anti-corruption agency arrested former Prime Minister Imran Khan at Islamabad High Court on Tuesday, threatening fresh turmoil in the nuclear-armed country as clashes erupted between Khan supporters and police, killing at least one protester.  Khan’s arrest comes a day after the powerful military rebuked him for repeatedly […]

Several wounded in clashes as Pakistan police try to arrest ex-PM Khan

Supporters of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, react as they blocked the road during clashes, ahead of Khan's possible arrest outside his home, in Lahore, Pakistan March 14, 2023.

Lahore, Pakistan Reuters Pakistani police and supporters of Imran Khan fought pitched battles outside the former Prime Minister’s home in Lahore on Tuesday, wounding several on both sides, ahead of his expected arrest, a government spokesman and witnesses said. Police hit Khan supporters in baton charges and lobbed tear gas canisters, some of which landed […]

Former Pakistan PM Khan says two shooters tried to assassinate him

Pakistan Lahore Imran Khan

Wazirabad, PakistanReuters Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday he would resume his protest march to Islamabad after recovering from an assassination attempt, as his supporters staged nationwide protests that blocked major roads. Khan was shot in the leg on Thursday as he waved to crowds from a container mounted on a truck from where he […]

Ousted Pakistan PM Imran Khan shot in shin in what aides call assassination attempt

Pakistan Wazirabad Imran Khan after being shot

Lahore, PakistanReuters Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was shot in the shin on Thursday when his anti-government protest convoy came under attack in the east of the country in what his aides said was a clear assassination attempt by his rivals. Khan, ousted as Prime Minister in a parliamentary confidence vote in April, was […]