ISLAMABAD, Oct. 24, 2023 (TBINN)
Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan and his close ally ex-foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi have been indicted by a special court on charges of leaking state secrets and violating the laws of the country, in another blow to the jailed leaders who could now face a possible death sentence.
The indictment is a fresh setback to the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf as it is likely to make the former cricketer-turned politician ineligible to contest the general elections expected in January 2024.
Imran Khan, aged 71, was arrested in August, this year, after a case was filed against him for allegedly violating the Official Secrets Act by disclosing a secret diplomatic cable (cipher) sent by the country’s embassy in Washington in March last year.
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