Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan was on Monday charged with leaking classified documents, a prosecutor said. “He has been indicted today and the charge was openly read out,” said Shah Khawar of Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency outside Adiala Jail where Khan is being held. The United States and the Pakistan military have denied the claim. The vice chairman of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, a former foreign minister, has also been indicted over the case. Lawyers for Khan say the case carries a maximum jail term of 14 years.

Source: Daily Nation October 23, 2023 07:28 UTC