Police in Pakistan arrested Imran Khan at his house in Lahore Pakistani police arrested former Prime Minister Imran Khan at his home in the...
Police in Pakistan arrested Imran Khan at his house in Lahore
Pakistani police arrested former Prime Minister Imran Khan at his home in the eastern city of Lahore after a court found him guilty of concealing his assets and sentenced him to three years in prison.
This is the second time that the famous dissident has been detained in this year.
The prison sentence can prevent Khan from participating in politics as the law says that people who have been convicted of a crime cannot hold or stand for election. His party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf or PTI condemned the decision and said it will challenge the decision in a high court.
While a high court can suspend the decision, the country's election commission has barred Khan from joining politics.
The Islamabad court issued an arrest warrant for Khan after finding him guilty of the crime. The police rushed to take the prominent politician from his home to Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, said the chief of police, Ali Nasir Rizvi. Minister of Internal Affairs, Amir Mir, said that Khan was taken to Lahore airport to be taken to the capital.
Since being ousted from power in a landslide vote by the National Assembly in April 2022, Khan has faced more than 150 cases, including several on corruption charges, and terrorism and inciting the public to hold protests in May, where his followers attacked government and military assets across the country.
Khan, a cricketer-turned-politician, remained at the forefront of the opposition despite his ouster.
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