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Pakistan's Former PM Imran Khan Gets 10 Years Prison Term For Leaking State Secret

By
M Ashraf Siddiqui
30/01/2024
in

Rawalpindi, 30 Jan. 2024 (Media)

Imran Khan, former and ousted Prime Minister of Pakistan, former Chairman and founder of Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), a political party in Pakistan, is awarded 10 years of jail term today by the Special Court, set up under the Official Secrets Act (OSA).

Judge Abul Hasanat Zulqarnain prepared the questionnaire after the cross-examination of all the 25 prosecution witnesses was completed.

The proceedings were held inside the Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi.

Senior Vice Chairman of PTI, and former Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi (Served as Foreign Minister) also entered the final stage on Monday, as the court prepared a questionnaire for the accused to record their statements under Section 342 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC).

Presiding over the special court, set up under the Official Secrets Act (OSA), Judge Abul Hasanat Zulqarnain prepared the questionnaire after the cross-examination of all the 25 prosecution witnesses was completed.

During the proceedings inside the Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi, 11 more witnesses were cross-examined today. trial. He added that the court should dismiss the plea of the accused and the cross-examination of the witnesses should be started.

Former Cricketer turned politician Imran Khan has a number of severe cases including adultery; mis-appropriation of large donations received in the name of cancer hospital named after his late mother;  and large donations received illegally for PTI and kept in undeclared bank accounts; mega corruptions and mis-use of official powers by the former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi.

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