Pakistan’s former premier appeals his conviction and 3-year sentence in graft case, seeks release
By MUNIR AHMED
Associated Press
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani defense lawyer says former Prime Minister Imran Khan wants a top court in Islamabd to suspend his conviction and three-year jail sentence in a graft case. Naeem Haider Panjutha, Khan’s lawyer, said Tuesday the Islamabad High Court would hear the appeal the next day. Khan’s latest legal battle against his conviction comes a day after his lawyer met with him at a high-security Attock jail in eastern Punjab province, where he’s being held after his arrest. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said he would step down on Wednesday, at the completion of his term.
