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Pakistan’s Imran Khan sentenced to three years in prison, arrested.

Pakistan’s Imran Khan sentenced to three years in prison, arrested

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Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan was arrested from his Zaman Park residence in Lahore on Saturday soon after being convicted in a case over illegally selling state gifts.

Imran Khan’s lawyer Intazar Hussain Panjutha confirmed Reuters about the arrest on Saturday.

Earlier on Saturday, a district and sessions court in Islamabad sentenced Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan to three years in prison in the case, locally known as Toshakhana case, report Geo News and Dawn.

The trial court also declared PTI Chairman Imran Khan guilty of ‘corrupt practices’ in the case.

Rejecting Imran Khan's petition seeking inadmissibility of the case, Judge Dilawar sentenced the former prime minister to three-year imprisonment.

"Charges of misdeclaration of assets have been proven against PTI chairman," the Additional and Sessions Judge Humayun Dilawar mentioned in his judgment.

He then handed Khan three years in jail along with a fine of Rs100,000, while issuing his arrest warrant.

The former prime minister had challenged the Toshakhana case, related to the alleged misdeclaration of gifts he took from the state gifts repository, on several forums including the Supreme Court and Islamabad High Court (IHC).

The trial court had summoned Khan in his personal capacity today (Saturday) for a hearing in the Toshakhana case after the high court rejected his pleas challenging the maintainability order.

On Friday, the IHC also turned down Khan's request to transfer the case to another court and directed Additional Sessions Judge Humayun Dilawar to continue hearing the case.