Imran Khan's Prison Sentence Overturned in State Secrets Case

A court in Pakistan has overturned the 10-year prison sentence of former Prime Minister Imran Khan. Khan was previously convicted for leaking a classified cable sent by Pakistan’s ambassador in Washington. The decision provides a significant legal relief to the 71-year-old political figure.

A court in Pakistan has overturned the prison sentence of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday in a case pertaining to the leaking of state secrets, local broadcaster ARY news and his lawyer said.

Khan, 71, was previously handed a 10-year prison sentence by a lower court in the case on charges of making public a classified cable sent to Islamabad by Pakistan's ambassador in Washington in 2022.