Former prime minister was indicted for allegedly revealing official secrets and techniques after his 2022 ouster from workplace.
The trial in jail of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been declared unlawful by a court docket, his lawyer has stated.
On Tuesday, lawyer Naeem Panjutha posted on social media {that a} court docket in Islamabad dominated towards an in-jail trial for Khan, indicted last month on fees of showing state secrets and techniques after he was ousted from workplace in 2022.
“Islamabad Excessive Court docket has declared unlawful the notification for jail trial,” Panjutha stated in a put up on X.
The influence of that declaration relating to Khan’s trial shouldn’t be but clear, however is anticipated to be clarified by a court docket order.
The trial towards Khan, accused of publicising a categorized diplomatic cable, has grow to be a flashpoint in Pakistani politics, the place the previous chief stays widespread and has characterised the costs towards him as an effort by highly effective pursuits to maintain him out of office.
The 70-year-old former cricket star was expelled from workplace by a no-confidence vote in parliament in April 2022, an effort Khan accused of being pushed alongside by the US.
Relations between Washington and Khan had grow to be strained by points such because the struggle in Ukraine, however the US has denied any involvement in his removing from workplace.
In October, Khan was indicted on safety fees that accused him of leaking a diplomatic cable between Washington and Islamabad that Khan says gives proof of collusion against him.
Since his ouster final yr, Khan has confronted a slew of authorized challenges, with the costs towards him starting from contempt of court docket to “terrorism” and blasphemy.
