Imran Khan was sentenced to 10 years in prison in the case of disclosure of government documents

According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, according to Pakistani media reports, in a major political development, former Prime Minister Imran Khan and former Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi of this country today On Tuesday, just a few days before the general elections, they were sentenced to 10 years in prison in the “Sypher” case.

This verdict was announced by the judge of the special court, Abul Hasnat Zulqarnain, in a meeting held in Adialeh prison in Rawalpindi.

Earlier, the Bloomberg website reported that a court in Pakistan accused Imran Khan of leaking the contents of a diplomatic document to show his ouster from power in 2022 by a conspiracy led by the US and the Pakistani military. did The case was filed by Pakistan’s Supreme Investigation Agency against Khan and Qureshi.

Khan’s lawyer told Bloomberg in a phone call that A special court judge in Pakistan charged Khan and his then foreign minister, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, with violating the Official Secrets Act by disclosing a confidential document sent to Islamabad by Pakistan’s ambassador to Washington. Imran Khan and Qureshi denied the accusations and emphasized that political motives are behind these accusations.

Imran Khan was removed from the prime ministership in April 2022 following a vote of no confidence by the Pakistani parliament, and then Shahbaz Sharif, Nawaz Sharif’s brother, succeeded him. Shahbaz Sharif’s prime ministership continued until his resignation in August, and now the government of Anwar Haq Kakar, the interim prime minister of Pakistan, is in charge of running the affairs of this country until new elections are held.

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