Explainer-What lies ahead for Pakistan's Imran Khan convicted over graft


  • World
  • Monday, 07 Aug 2023

FILE PHOTO: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks with Reuters during an interview, in Lahore, Pakistan March 17, 2023. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File Photo

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, convicted in a graft case, has been jailed for three years in a fresh setback to the 70-year-old former cricket hero's political career.

Khan, Pakistan's main opposition leader, faces a long legal battle to save his political career ahead of a national election expected later this year.

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