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'Violation of international law': UN demands release of jailed former Pakistan PM Imran Khan

Islamabad: A United Nations human rights working group has called for the immediate release of incarcerated former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and said he had been detained "arbitrarily in violation of international laws". It demanded Imran's release, saying it was an “appropriate remedy.” The group said Imran's conviction in the Toshakhana graft case was part of a "much larger …

Pakistan Election Party Case Group Pti Imran Khan

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Rolex to diamonds: What’s landed Pakistan’s Imran Khan a 14-year jail term?

Al Jazeera

The ex-PM denies he profited from the sale of ‘state gifts’ but prosecution says their value was concealed. A court in Pakistan has sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi to 14 years in prison just a week before general elections, for unlawfully buying and selling state gifts. The former prime minister has been accused of …

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1 year ago

Imran Khan will remain in jail despite bail in cipher case -- Here’s why

Live Mint

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday granted bail to former Prime Minister Imran Khan and one of his aides in the alleged State secretes leak case. The bail in the State secrets case will still work positively for Imran Khan's campaign as the former PM has alleged that the powerful people behind the cipher case are being protected. Pakistan …

Pakistan Court Case State Khan Imran Imran Khan

1 year, 1 month ago

Pakistan: Imran Khan claims 'another attempt on his life' possible in prison through slow poisoning

India TV News

After his indictment in the cipher case and rejection of his bail pleas, former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday claimed that there would be "another attempt" on his life in prison, probably through "slow poisoning" as he refuses to leave the country. This attempt may also be in the form of slow poisoning," said the 71-year-old Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf …

London Prison Court Case Pti Islamabad Imran Khan

1 year, 3 months ago

Toshakhana case: Will Imran Khan’s suspended conviction mark his political return?

Firstpost

The Islamabad High Court has suspended Imran Khan’s conviction and three-year sentence on corruption charges in the Toshakhana case. Here’s why The Islamabad High Court has suspended former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan’s conviction and three-year sentence on corruption charges in the Toshakhana case. Imran Khan’s sentence suspended As per Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper, a two-member bench of the Islamabad High …

Pakistan Court Conviction Case Pti Khan Sentence

1 year, 3 months ago

Pakistan court suspends Pak ex-PM Imran Khan’s conviction in Toshakhana case

Live Mint

The Islamabad High Court made a significant decision by suspending the conviction and three-year prison sentence of former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, in the Toshakhana corruption case. IHC had kept its decision pending on Monday regarding Imran Khan's appeal contesting his conviction in the Toshakhana corruption case. As reported by Reuters, the ambiguity surrounding whether Khan's release would …

Pakistan Court Pak Pti Khan Imran Legal Case

1 year, 3 months ago

From perfume to Western toilet: Imran Khan content with new facilities at Attock jail

Firstpost

Khan is currently serving a three-year sentence subsequent to his conviction earlier this month in the Toshakhana corruption case. Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has been provided with a series of new amenities including perfume, a Western toilet, tissue paper and an air-cooler at Attock District Jail. Khan expressed his satisfaction over the facilities provided to him at …

Prison Facilities Western Punjab Pti Imran Khan Provided

1 year, 4 months ago

What's the history of Attock jail where Pakistan's Imran Khan is currently lodged?

Firstpost

Attock jail is one of 40 prisons operating in Punjab province. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf vice chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said the Attock jail lacked “B Class” facilities. The PTI in a petition to the Islamabad High Court asked that Imran be moved from Attock jail to Rawalpindi’s high-security Adiala prison, keeping in view his ‘affluent family background, social and political …

Pakistan Prison Court Minister Punjab Pti Khan

1 year, 4 months ago

'Gross travesty of justice': Imprisoned Imran Khan appeals to IHC against his conviction in Toshakhana case

India TV News

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was imprisoned in connection with the Toshakhana case recently, on Tuesday appealed his conviction and sentencing by a trial court, claiming that the verdict was passed by a 'biased' judge and it was "a gross travesty of justice". Khan filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court through his lawyers against the August …

Pakistan Trial Court Imran His Conviction Imran Khan Ihc

1 year, 4 months ago

Pakistan: Imran Khan's party moves SC against his conviction in Toshakhana case, says he was denied fair trial

India TV News

Imran Khan's arrest : Imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Monday appealed in the Supreme Court against the party chairman's conviction and imprisonment in the contentious Toshakhana case, saying that he was not given a 'fair trial'. Geo News reported that the PTI has appealed to declare Islamabad trial court judge Humayun Dilawar's verdict 'null and …

Pakistan Court Fair Trial Case Pti Khan Imran

1 year, 4 months ago

Pakistan's history of jailing its former Prime Ministers

The Hindu

With Imran Khan's sentencing and quick arrest on August 5 in a corruption case, Pakistan has maintained its notoriety for jailing former Prime Ministers while shying away from taking any action against military dictators who repeatedly violated the Constitution. Mr. Khan, the chief of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party was arrested from his Zaman Park residence in Lahore after an Islamabad-based …

Corruption Pakistan Prime Case Minister Khan Arrested

1 year, 4 months ago

Imran Khan arrested after sentenced to 3 years in jail in Toshakhana corruption case

Deccan Chronicle

Islamabad/Lahore: Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was on Saturday arrested after he was sentenced to three years in prison in a corruption case in which he is accused of profiting from selling expensive state gifts when he was in power. Additional Judge Humayun Dilawar of the Islamabad-based district and sessions judge also imposed Rs100,000 fine on Khan, adding that …

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'Violation of international law': UN demands release of jailed former Pakistan PM Imran Khan

Rolex to diamonds: What’s landed Pakistan’s Imran Khan a 14-year jail term?

Imran Khan will remain in jail despite bail in cipher case -- Here’s why

Pakistan: Imran Khan claims 'another attempt on his life' possible in prison through slow poisoning

Toshakhana case: Will Imran Khan’s suspended conviction mark his political return?

Pakistan court suspends Pak ex-PM Imran Khan’s conviction in Toshakhana case

From perfume to Western toilet: Imran Khan content with new facilities at Attock jail

What's the history of Attock jail where Pakistan's Imran Khan is currently lodged?

'Gross travesty of justice': Imprisoned Imran Khan appeals to IHC against his conviction in Toshakhana case

Pakistan: Imran Khan's party moves SC against his conviction in Toshakhana case, says he was denied fair trial

Pakistan's history of jailing its former Prime Ministers

Imran Khan arrested after sentenced to 3 years in jail in Toshakhana corruption case