Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 10 years in jail, state in a controversial case related to a leaked document.
The sentence, handed down today following a trial held inside the jail where Khan has been detained for much of the time since his arrest in August, comes as the country heads to the polls on February 8.
A spokesman for his party said the former Prime Minister was sentenced along with former vice-president Shah Mahmood Qureshi to 10 years each in the cypher case
The case centres on how the pair handled a so-called “cypher” sent by Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States that alleged Washington was complicit in a plot to turf Khan from office in 2022.
Millions of people will vote in polls in less than two weeks, in a campaign marred by allegations of pre-vote rigging and Khan’s party heavily suppressed.
