Imran Khan: former Pakistan prime minister sentenced to three years in jail
by Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Shah Meer Baloch from World news | The Guardian on (#6DJQY)
Khan arrested in Lahore after court ruling bans him from politics for five years for corruption
Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan has been arrested after a court in Islamabad sentenced him to three years in jail and disqualified him from politics for corrupt practices" involving the sale of state gifts.
Khan, 70, was picked up by police from his home in Lahore on Saturday after a court ruled on the Toshakhana case, in which he was accused of illegally selling gifts from heads of state worth hundreds of millions of rupees.
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