Khan is in jail following his arrest on Saturday on a corruption conviction. Read more at straitstimes.com.
ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan’s lawyers could not reach him on Sunday after he spent the night in a jail near the capital, a spokesman said.in the eastern city of Lahore on Saturday and transferred to the jail just outside Islamabad.The conviction likely means the cricket star-turned-politician will be disqualified from running in a national election.
Pakistan’s information minister referred a request for comment on Khan’s access to his lawyers to provincial authorities in Punjab, where the jail is located. Punjab’s top information official could not immediately be reached for comment. The arrest was the latest in a series of blows that have weakened Khan’s political standing, after he fell out with Pakistan’s powerful military and his party splintered.The nationwide reaction was largely quiet, despite calls by his party on Saturday for nationwide peaceful protests.Thousands of Khan’s aides and supportersSupporters of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan protesting in Quetta, Pakistan, on Aug 5. PHOTO: AFPwith some resigning from politics.
But the government decided on Saturday to use the latest census as part of election procedure, potentially delaying the vote.
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