Lawyers for Pakistan's jailed former prime minister Imran Khan will be allowed to meet him on Monday before they file an appeal against a graft conviction that has landed the former cricket star in jail, one of his lawyers said.
Khan, 70, has been at the heart of political turmoil since he was ousted as prime minister in a vote of no confidence last year, raising concern about stability in the nuclear-armed country as it grapples with an economic crisis.from his home in the city of Lahore on Saturday and transferred him to a jail in Attock district, near the capital Islamabad, where a court convicted him of graft charges arising from the sale of state gifts.
"The jail authorities have given us a time to meet Imran Khan at 12:30 p.m. . We've reached Attock jail," one of his lawyers, Naeem Panjhuta, said, adding that an appeal against the graft conviction would be filed after Khan completed paperwork. He said Khan had been classified as "C-class" prisoner although by rights he should be allocated an "A-class" cell."As per our information, Khan has been kept in C-class," Panjhuta said.Khan's arrest was the latest in a series of blows that have weakened his political standing after he fell out with the powerful military and his party splintered.
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