Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan sentenced to 10 years jail: party

"Former prime minister Imran Khan and PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf) vice-president (Shah Mahmood) Qureshi have been sentenced to 10 years each inside prison in the cypher case," a spokesman for the party told AFP.

Pakistan's former prime minister, Imran Khan gestures after arriving at a registrar office in Lahore High court to sign surety bonds for bail in various cases, in Lahore on July 3, 2023. - Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was sentenced to 10 years in prison on January 30, 2024, less than two weeks before the country votes in an election his party has been hamstrung from contesting. AFP photo