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Pakistan's Imran Khan sentenced to 10 years jail

A vendor sits at his tuck shop displaying posters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan
 
A vendor sits at his tuck shop displaying posters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan
A Pakistan court has sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan and former Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi to 10 years jail in a case related to the leaking of state secrets.

The special court in the capital Islamabad on Tuesday announced the sentence in the so-called cypher case, which pertains to a diplomatic cable that Khan claims proves his allegation that his removal from power in 2022 was a conspiracy.'

Earlier this month, Imran's party suffered a crucial blow when the Supreme Court banned it from contesting elections with its electoral symbol: the cricket bat.

In a country where millions of people cannot read or write, symbols are crucial for voters to identify their preferred party and candidate.

The election commission instead ordered Ahsan Khan to use a bottle, an emblem viewed with disdain in rural areas because it is associated with alcohol.