Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan sentenced to 10 years for leaking state secrets

The former prime minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges of having exposed official state secrets, his party said on Tuesday.

"Former prime minister Imran Khan and PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf) vice-president Qureshi have been sentenced to 10 years each inside prison in the cypher case," a PTI spokesperson told AFP.

Khan had been serving a three-year prison sentence after being convicted of corruption, but was released on bail in December after the country's top court overturned his graft conviction.

He has been facing legal troubles since he was ousted from his position as prime minister in a no-confidence vote in April 2022.