Pro-government lawyers celebrate as Pakistan court sentences ex-PM Khan to 3 years jail

Record ID: 1736571

  • Title: Pro-government lawyers celebrate as Pakistan court sentences ex-PM Khan to 3 years jail
  • Date: 5th August 2023
  • Summary: ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (AUGUST 5, 2023) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF ISLAMABAD DISTRICT COURT / SIGN READING (English): "DISTRICT JUDICIAL COMPLEX ISLAMABAD" VARIOUS OF PRO-RULING PAKISTAN MUSLIM LEAGUE-NAWAZ (PML-N) LAWYERS CHANTING SLOGANS AGAINST FORMER PRIME MINISTER IMRAN KHAN, SAYING (Urdu and English): "GO (AWAY) NIAZI, GO (AWAY) NIAZI" (SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) LAWYER FOR RULING PML-N PARTY, USMAN RASOOL, SAYING: "Today the court has handed down a three-year sentence and a fine of 100,000 rupees ($355.45) to Imran Niazi." LAWYER FOR KHAN, INTAZAR HUSSAIN PANJUTHA (SECOND RIGHT), TALKING WITH OTHER LAWYERS (SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) LAWYER FOR FORMER PRIME MINISTER IMRAN KHAN, INTAZAR HUSSAIN PANJUTHA, SAYING: "The case has not been decided on merit. We were not given a fair amount of time for our argument. The verdict came at 12:30 p.m. (0730 GMT) whereas the closing time for court is 4:30 p.m." LAWYER LEAVING IN CAR
  • Embargoed: 19th August 2023 10:19
  • Keywords: Imran Khan Pakistan arrest court former Prime Minister judicial decision lawyers sentence
  • Location: ISLAMABAD, LAHORE, PAKISTAN
  • City: ISLAMABAD, LAHORE, PAKISTAN
  • Country: Pakistan
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Crime/Law/Justice,Judicial Process/Court Cases/Court Decisions
  • Reuters ID: LVA001250205082023RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Lawyers for one of the main parties in Pakistan's ruling coalition cheered as a court in Islamabad sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan to three years in prison on Saturday (August 5) for illegally selling state gifts.
    Lawyers for the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chanted slogans against Khan, after a district court reached a guilty verdict, sending a convoy of police vehicles on route to the eastern city of Lahore to arrest the 70-year-old cricketer-turned-politician.
    Meanwhile, Khan's lawyer Intazar Hussain Panjutha said the case was not decided on merit and the legal team was not given sufficient time to argue their case. Khan's political party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) said in a statement they had already filed another appeal to the Supreme Court earlier on Saturday.
    The sentence relates to an inquiry conducted by the election commission, which found Khan guilty of unlawfully selling state gifts during his tenure as prime minister from 2018 to 2022. Khan has denied any wrongdoing.
    (Production: Shahab Shahabuddin, Salah Uddin)
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