International Desk : Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has been arrested from his residence in Lahore soon after being convicted in the Toshakhana case today.
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In a major development, a district and sessions court convicted the former prime minister in the Toshakhana case, sentencing him to three years in prison.
Rejecting Khan's petition seeking inadmissibility of the case, Judge Dilawar sentenced the former prime minister to three-year imprisonment, Geo TV reports.
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"Charges of misdeclaration of assets have been proven against PTI chairman," the Additional and Sessions Judge Humayun Dilawar mentioned in his judgment.
He then handed Khan three years in jail along with a fine of Rs100,000 while issuing his arrest warrant.
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The former prime minister had challenged the Toshakhana case, related to the alleged misdeclaration of gifts he took from the state gifts repository, on several forums including the Supreme Court and Islamabad High Court (IHC).
The trial court had summoned Khan in his personal capacity Saturday for a hearing in the Toshakhana case after the high court rejected his pleas challenging the maintainability order.
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