Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for corruption, another setback for the beleaguered leader who has already spent over 18 months in jail and is facing more than 100 cases.

Khan, who remains the country’s most popular political figure, has maintained that the cases against him are part of a “political witchunt” to keep him out of power. Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) governed from 2018 to 2022 but he was toppled from office after losing the support of the country’s powerful military. He subsequently embarked on a public spat with the army leadership, accusing them of involvement in a plan to assassinate him.

Since his arrest he has faced a mounting number of cases, including murder, terrorism, and breaching national security. Khan was convicted in three cases, including for selling state secrets and illegal marriage, but they were later overturned or suspended last year. However, he has remained in prison.

  • @[email protected]
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    -710 hours ago

    lol…you’re a lying cunt. not one person in the US gives a fuck about Pakistan to do the conspiracy you’re talking about. lol

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      02 hours ago

      Wait you said you didn’t know better so let me try and explain the geopolitical importance of pakistan to USA.

      Basically US has always had one country “pro-US” in that region because of china. India always had a very close connection with russia so US had a close connection with pakistan. Think back to how Pakistan helped train mujahideen in afghanistan?

      Anyways then china rose to power and pakistan started siding with china so naturally US started siding with india.

      Now the issue is US has already left afghanistan and russia has attacked ukraine. And india is much much closer to russia so now that leaves Pakistan.

      Imran khan had to go away because he was pro-“independence from the west”.

      If you look at Pakistan China relationship, you will see that chinese companies are pulling out their projects/workers from Pakistan. Pak-China relationship is probably at its lowest.

      Meanwhile, pakistan usa relationship is getting stronger and stronger.

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      02 hours ago

      Look up cypher case, nobody blaming americans. It is the american government thats to blame