Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan awoke Sunday in a high-security prison after a court handed him a three-year jail sentence,
ATTOCK, Pakistan – Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan awoke Sunday as an inmate in a high-security prison after a court handed him a three-year jail sentence for corruption, a development that could end his future in politics.
Critics say efforts to put Khan behind bars are politically motivated and have intensified ahead of elections due to be held later this year. But his current residence at the Attock prison is a far cry from his custodial conditions in May when he was taken to a well-appointed guesthouse on a police compound in Islamabad under a Supreme Court order. He was then allowed visitors and meetings with party colleagues.
Authorities have further tightened security around the prison, which already has armed guards in watchtowers, by erecting barriers and blocking roads to keep people away. They have also instructed locals not to allow media onto their roofs to stop photographs and videos from leaking.“Imran is inside this prison,” he said. “They have closed the roads so that nobody kidnaps him. I am a retired army employee so I know the sensitivity of the matter. There is no logic to closing this road.
PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN, JULY, 05: Police personnel arrest a supporter of Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan, during a protest in Peshawar, Pakistan, 05 August 2023. Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was found guilty of graft on August 5 and sentenced to three years in jail, state TV said, in a case involving gifts he received while premier.
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