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Pakistan\u2019s Imran Khan trial in jail declared illegal, lawyer says | Imran Khan News<\/p>\n
Former prime minister was indicted for allegedly revealing official secrets after his 2022 ouster from office.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n The trial in jail of Pakistan\u2019s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been declared illegal by a court, his lawyer has said.<\/p>\n On Tuesday, lawyer Naeem Panjutha posted on social media that a court in Islamabad ruled against an in-jail trial for Khan, indicted last month on charges of revealing state secrets after he was ousted from office in 2022.<\/p>\n \u201cIslamabad High Court has declared illegal the notification for jail trial,\u201d Panjutha said in a post on X.<\/p>\n The impact of that declaration regarding Khan\u2019s trial is not yet clear, but is expected to be clarified by a court order.<\/p>\n The trial against Khan, accused of publicising a classified diplomatic cable, has become a flashpoint in Pakistani politics, where the former leader remains popular and has characterised the charges against him as an effort by powerful interests to keep him out of office.<\/p>\n The 70-year-old former cricket star was expelled from office by a no-confidence vote in parliament in April 2022, an effort Khan accused of being pushed along by the United States.<\/p>\n Relations between Washington and Khan had become strained by issues such as the war in Ukraine, but the US has denied any involvement in his removal from office.<\/p>\n In October, Khan was indicted on security charges that accused him of leaking a diplomatic cable between Washington and Islamabad that Khan says offers proof of collusion against him.<\/p>\n Since his ouster last year, Khan has faced a slew of legal challenges, with the charges against him ranging from contempt of court to \u201cterrorism\u201d and blasphemy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0635\u062f\u0631<\/a>
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