A Pakistani court on Tuesday sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan and former Foreign Minister Shah Shah Mahmood Qureshi to ten years in prison.
The verdict was announced by Judge Abual Hasnat Mohammad Zulqarnain at Rawalpindi Jail in the northeastern garrison town of Adiala, ARY News reported, local television reported.
However, Khan’s lawyer Gohar Ali Khan said his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party would challenge the sentence in the Islamabad High Court.
“We will challenge this sentence in Islamabad High and Supreme Court and hope to get justice,” the lawyer said.
Khan was accused of exposing an official secret when he waved a classified diplomatic letter at the 2022 rally.
The former cricketer faces a series of charges and was removed in a no-confidence vote in April 2022.
