Police arrest Pakistan's former PM Imran Khan in the eastern city of Lahore, his lawyer says, after a court sentenced him to three years in prison for illegally selling state gifts
It’s the second time the popular opposition leader has been detained this year. / Photo: AFP Archive
On Saturday, a court convicted him in an asset concealment case, handing down a prison sentence that could see him barred from politics. The Islamabad court issued the arrest warrant after convicting Khan, with police in Lahore moving quickly to take him from his home to the Pakistani capital. Khan's political party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf said in a statement they had already filed an appeal in the country's Supreme Court over the district court case.
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