Court acquits former Pakistani PM Khan of leaking state secrets
Voice of America
Supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), celebrate after a high court in Pakistan overturned Khan's conviction on charges of leaking state secrets, in Karachi, Pakistan, June 3, 2024. FILE - Shah Mahmood Qureshi, center, a top leader of Pakistan's former prime pinister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, leaves with his lawyers after appearing in a court in his case, in Lahore, Pakistan, Aug. 8, 2023. FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan in Moscow, Russia, Feb. 24, 2022. (Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via Reuters)
The Islamabad High Court has overturned the conviction of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and his foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, in a case pertaining to mishandling state secrets.
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