Imran Khan indicted in official secrets case

A Pakistani court has indicted Imran Khan for leaking state secrets, according to reports.

The charge adds to the huge volume of legal turmoil that the former prime minister has met since his removal in April 2022.

“Imran has been indicted today and the charge was openly read out,” said Shah Khawar of the Federal Investigation Agency outside Adiala Jail in Islamabad, where Khan is imprisoned, Pakistani broadcaster Geo TV reported on Monday.

Khan’s former deputy, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, has also been indicted in the state secrets case.

A spokesperson for Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e Insaf (PTI) party said the men were charged under the colonial-era Official Secrets Act in a closed-door trial, adding the ruling would be “challenged”._Agencies