A Pakistani court has indicted the country's former Prime Minister Imran Khan on charges of revealing official secrets after his 2022 ouster from office. Monday's development was another dramatic move against Khan, who could now face a possible death sentence and will likely be unable to run in parliamentary elections in January.
FILE - Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan listens to a member of the media during a talk with reporters regarding the current political situation and the ongoing cases against him at his residence in Lahore, Pakistan, on Aug. 3, 2023. A Pakistani court on Monday, Oct.
At the time, Khan held up the alleged letter, claiming it was proof that he was being threatened and that his ouster was a U.S. conspiracy allegedly executed by the military and the government in Pakistan. Washington and Pakistani officials have denied the claim. The victory was short-lived, however, as he was promptly re-arrested later in August in the Cipher case.
Over the weekend, Khan’s main political rival and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returned home to Pakistan, ending his four years of self-imposed exile in London. Sharif on Saturday addressed a mammoth homecoming rally in the eastern city of Lahore, declaring that he forgives all those who caused him hardship.
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