Police arrested Pakistani former Prime Minister within the japanese metropolis of Lahore on Saturday, his lawyer mentioned, after a court docket sentenced him to 3 years in jail for illegally promoting state presents.
Authorized consultants say a conviction within the case might finish Khan’s possibilities of taking part in nationwide elections that should be held earlier than early November.
Khan’s political celebration, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) mentioned in a press release that they had already filed an enchantment within the nation’s Supreme Courtroom over the district court docket case.
Native media and a Reuters witness described police surrounding Khan’s residence in Lahore after the decision was launched.
The sentence pertains to an inquiry carried out 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 have been acquired throughout visits overseas and value greater than 140 million Pakistani rupees ($635,000).