Arr! Imran Khan, the scallywag, be banished to the brig for a decade! Walk the plank, matey!
2024-01-30
Avast ye, me hearties! The scallywag Imran Khan, the ex-captain o' Pakistan, be given a taste o' the brig fer a good ten years. Aye, 'twas his conviction in the treacherous Cipher case, sailin' alongside his trusty party deputy. Walk the plank, they shall!
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for revealing state secrets, according to a court ruling announced on Tuesday. Khan, a former cricket star turned politician, is already serving a three-year prison sentence in a graft case and has been held in Rawalpindi since May 2023. The verdict was announced by a special court set up at the prison, and Khan and his party deputy Shah Mahmood Qureshi have the right to appeal the ruling. Khan's legal team plans to appeal the conviction before the Islamabad High Court. This case, known as the Cipher case, is one of the many that Khan faces since being ousted from office in 2022. Other charges against him range from contempt of court to terrorism and inciting violence. The ruling comes ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections in Pakistan, although Khan is not on the ballot due to his criminal conviction. However, he still wields significant influence over the country's political landscape. Political analyst Muhammad Ali believes that the verdict was expected and that Khan and his deputy had damaged Pakistan's diplomatic ties with the United States. Khan has maintained his innocence and fears being sentenced to death for treason.