Pakistan’s former Primary Minister Imran Khan, gestures as he speaks to the members of the media at his residence in Lahore, Pakistan May well 18, 2023.
Mohsin Raza | Reuters
Law enforcement arrested Pakistani previous Primary Minister Imran Khan in the japanese metropolis of Lahore on Saturday, his law firm stated, right after a court docket sentenced him to 3 several years in jail for illegally selling condition presents.
Lawful authorities say a conviction in the circumstance could close Khan’s possibilities of participating in countrywide elections that have to be held ahead of early November.
Khan’s political occasion, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) claimed in a assertion they experienced previously submitted an charm in the country’s Supreme Court docket around the district court situation.
Regional media and a Reuters witness explained law enforcement surrounding Khan’s residence in Lahore right after the verdict was launched.
The sentence relates to an inquiry conducted by the election commission, which uncovered Khan guilty of unlawfully promoting condition presents all through his tenure as primary minister from 2018 to 2022.
Khan has denied any wrongdoing.
The 70-calendar year-aged cricketer-turned-politician was accused of misusing his premiership to acquire and sell items in point out possession that had been obtained all through visits abroad and worthy of much more than 140 million Pakistani rupees ($635,000).