Former Pakistan captain and PM Imran Khan arrested by police after courtroom provides three-year jail sentence

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

Legal consultants say a conviction within the case may finish Khan’s possibilities of collaborating in nationwide elections that must be held earlier than early November.

Khan’s political get together, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) mentioned in an announcement that they had already filed an enchantment 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 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 obtained throughout visits overseas and value greater than 140 million Pakistani rupees ($635,000).