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Pakistan's jailed ex-PM Imran Khan faces charges over state secrets

 Published: 11:43, 22 August 2023

Pakistan's jailed ex-PM Imran Khan faces charges over state secrets

Pakistani authorities have opened a criminal investigation against jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on charges of leaking state secrets, after naming him and three aides in a fresh case, a top security source said on Monday.

The matter, currently under investigation, pertains to a classified cable sent to Islamabad by Pakistan's ambassador in Washington early last year, which Khan is alleged to have made public.

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