Imran Khan sentenced to 10 years in jail on official secrets charges

A supporter of former prime minister Imran Khan during a rally in Lahore on Sunday (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

A Pakistani court on Tuesday sentenced former prime minister Imran Khan and one of his party deputies to 10 years in prison each, after finding them guilty of revealing official secrets.

According to Zulfiqar Bukhari, spokesman for Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, the court announced the verdict at a prison in the garrison city of Rawalpindi.