Former prime minister of Pakistan Imran Khan was detained on Saturday after receiving a three-year prison term in the Toshakhana case. Imran Khan was also prohibited from engaging in active politics for five years by an Islamabad trial court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Khan is accused of making money off the sale of state gifts while he was in power. He didn’t attend the session in court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following the court’s decision, Imran Khan, the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), was apprehended at his Lahore home by Islamabad police working with the Punjab police. From Lahore, he has been dispatched to Islamabad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Imran Khan has been taken into custody, stated PTI General Secretary Omar Ayub Khan. Every Pakistani has a constitutional right to peaceful protest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Imran Khan is being moved to Kot Lakhpat Jail, the party’s Punjab branch tweeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 70-year-old politician, who was previously a professional cricketer, is accused of making money off the sale of pricey official gifts while in office. Imran Khan’s appeal against the trial’s progress was rejected by Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Friday, the court noting that an application to transfer the case to another court was being considered by the Islamabad High Court (IHC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Imran Khan has asserted his innocence and announced that an appeal will be made right away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Intezar Panjotha, Khan’s attorney, police have arrested Imran Khan from his residence. He also said they have petitioned the Supreme Court to overturn the ruling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a Pakistani newspaper, an Islamabad trial court today found Imran Khan guilty of corrupt practises in the Toshakhana case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Khan was also given a Rs 100,000 punishment by Additional Judge Humayun Dilawar of the District and Sessions Court in Islamabad, who also threatened to keep him in jail for an additional six months if the fine wasn’t paid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The court concluded that the charges against the former prime minister in the case were supported by the evidence during the hearing today. Imran Khan submitted fake details to the Election Commission of Pakistan and is found guilty of corrupt practises, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He is accused of exploiting his position as prime minister from 2018 to 2022 to purchase and resell gifts that were given to the government during foreign trips and were valued at more than Rs 140 million (USD$ 635,000). The penalty pertains to an investigation by the election commission, which concluded that Khan had sold official gifts for an illegal price while serving as prime minister from 2018 to 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the Toshakhana case, which was brought last year on the complaint of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), which had already disqualified Khan, 70, in the same case, he was found guilty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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