The former premier is in jail after he was convicted of corruption and then barred from politics for five years.
Khan was jailed after his conviction for corruption and then barred from politics for 5 years / Photo: Reuters Archive.
A Pakistani high court will next week take up a plea from former prime minister Imran Khan for the suspension of a three-year prison sentence on corruption charges, his lawyer has said. Khan was jailed this month after his conviction for corruption and then barred from politics for five years, preventing him from contesting a general election due late this year.
The former cricket star denies the charges, saying they are a politically motivated bid by his rivals to exclude him from the election. "Our application with regard to suspension of Khan's conviction has been fixed for August 22," Khan's lawyer Naeem Panjutha said on Wednesday in a post on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
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