STORY: Pakistan's former PM Imran Khan arrested after sentenced to 3-year jail term
DATELINE: Aug. 6, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:03
LOCATION: Islamabad
CATEGORY: POLITICS
 
SHOTLIST:
1. STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter
2. various of local court
3. various of surroundings
4. former PM Imran Khan delivering a speech (file)
 
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STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter
"The Islamabad police of Pakistan arrested former prime minister Imran Khan on Saturday from his residence in the eastern city of Lahore after a local court which is behind me sentenced him to three-year imprisonment for hiding his financial assets."
 
Earlier in the day, Additional District and Sessions Judge in Islamabad Humayun Dilawar announced a short order to sentence Khan in the Toshakhana case (national gift case), and disqualified him for five years from holding any office.
 
The case alleges that Khan had deliberately concealed details of the gifts he bought from the Toshaskhana, a repository where presents handed to government officials from foreign officials are kept and then sold to the officials who pay a specific percentage of the actual amount.
 
Vice Chairman of the PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf) Shah Mahmood Qureshi told the media that Khan's legal team is working on filing an appeal in the Islamabad High Court against the decision.
 
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Islamabad.
(XHTV)