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Global News Podcast

Pakistan court jails ex-PM Imran Khan for 10 years over leaked state secrets

Global News Podcast

BBC

Daily News, News

4.38.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

His party described the trial as a sham and says it will appeal the verdict. Also: Israel says it's killed three Palestinian militants in an undercover operation at a hospital in the occupied West Bank and what's next for E. Jean Carroll, after her victory over Donald Trump in court

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

0:04.5

I'm Valerie Sanderson and at 14 hours GMT on Tuesday the 30th of January,

0:10.9

these are our main stories.

0:13.2

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan is given 10 years in jail for leaking state secrets.

0:19.6

Israel says it's killed three Palestinian militants in an undercover operation at a hospital in the occupied West Bank.

0:26.0

New hope for some refugees hoping to flee Sudan's civil war to safety in Canada.

0:35.0

Also in this podcast, Could Lily Gladstone become the first Native American

0:39.0

to win an Oscar after being nominated for Best Actress.

0:43.0

96 years of Oscars.

0:45.0

I'm grateful.

0:47.0

It's about time.

0:48.0

The Pakistani government says he leaked state secrets. He says it's a joke.

0:57.6

Once again Imran Khan, Pakistan's former Prime Minister is making headlines after being sentenced to 10 years in jail.

1:04.9

Imran Khan has been in prison since last August after being convicted on corruption charges

1:10.0

and the latest case took place behind closed doors in a prison in Ralpindi.

1:14.8

He denies any wrongdoing and his lawyers say the trial was unconstitutional.

1:19.8

His political party, the PTI, says it will appeal against the verdict.

1:24.4

I asked her correspondent in Islamabad Caroline Davis about the case.

1:28.6

So this has been referred to as the Saifah case.

1:31.0

It relates to his appearance at a rally in March of 2022, which was a month

1:34.8

before he was ousted from power in a vote of no confidence. Now, Mr. Khan appeared on stage

1:40.0

waving a piece of paper that he said showed a foreign conspiracy against him.

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