Last Updated: August 07, 2023, 10:51 IST
Police officers stand guard on the watch towers of district prison Attock, where Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan in-prison after his conviction, in Attock, Pakistan, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023. (AP Photo)
Former Pakistani PM Imran Khan sentenced to high-security prison for corruption, endangering his political future; critics claim politically motivated
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan, serving a three-year sentence in Punjab province’s Attock Jail on graft charges, was granted B-class facilities by the prisons department, according to local media reports. After his arrest from his Zaman Park residence in Lahore on Saturday, the 70-year-old Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief awoke Sunday as an inmate in a high-security prison after a court sentence in the Toshakhana case.
Critics argue that his arrest is politically motivated and also questioned the severity of the sentence, which followed his ouster in a no-confidence vote…
