Imprisoned former Pakistani premier Khan appeals 3 recent convictions

Published February 16, 2024 6:44 am

By MUNIR AHMED
Associated Press

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A lawyer for former Prime Minister Imran Khan says the legal team has appealed his recent convictions and sentences in three controversial legal cases. Khan was sentenced to a total of 31 years in prison on charges of corruption, revealing official secrets and marriage law violations in three separate verdicts in late January and early February during trials at a prison in Rawalpindi. Khan’s lawyer Latif Khosa says the appeals in all three cases were filed Friday. Supporters of Khan say the prosecutions were politically motivated moves to make him ineligible to run in the country’s Feb. 8 elections to choose a parliament and ultimately to elect a new prime minister.

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