Pakistani police arrested former Prime Minister Imran Khan at his home in the city of Lahore after a court convicted him in an asset concealment case and handed him down a three-year prison sentence.
Pakistani police on Saturday arrested former Prime Minister Imran Khan at his home in the eastern city of Lahore after a court convicted him in an asset concealment case and handed him down a three-year prison sentence.
It’s the second time the popular opposition leader has been detained this year.
The prison sentence could see Khan barred from politics as the law says people with a criminal conviction cannot hold or run for public office. His Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, or PTI, condemned the ruling and said it will challenge the decision in a superior court.
While a superior court can suspend the conviction, it’s the country’s election body that ultimately disqualifies Khan from politics.
