US EditionPakistan's Imran Khan is acquitted of leaking state secrets but remains in prison on other charges
- Former prime minister Imran Khan had a treason conviction overturned by a Pakistan high court, while facing other charges and claiming election interference.
- Chief Justice Aamer Farooq announced the decision made by a two-member bench at Islamabad High Court, according to an AFP court reporter.
- Salman Safdar, a lawyer for Khan's party, confirmed the acquittal.
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Pakistan's Imran Khan acquitted of leaking state secrets
A high court in Pakistan overturned jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan's conviction on charges of leaking state secrets, his lawyer and his party said on Monday, but Mr. Khan will remain in prison for now due to a conviction in another case.
Court acquits former Pakistani PM Khan of leaking state secrets
ISLAMABAD — The Islamabad High Court has overturned the conviction of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and his foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, in a case pertaining to mishandling state secrets. In a short verbal statement witnessed by a VOA reporter Monday, two members of the high court announced the acquittals of Khan and Qureshi as it accepted their appeals against the convictions. The decision in what is known as the “ciph…
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