ISLAMABAD: Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar said on Thursday that former prime minister Imran Khan can be sentenced to up to 14 years in jail for using classified documents for vested interest.
A day earlier, principal secretary to former prime minister Imran Khan, recorded his statement before a magistrate claiming that Imran Khan used a diplomatic cypher to concoct a false narrative against the establishment and opposition.
In his confessional statement, Azam Khan claimed that when he shared the cypher with Imran, the former premier was “euphoric” and termed the language as a “US blunder”.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad today, the law minister said showing “criminal negligence” in handling confidential documents can land an official in prison for up to two years.
However, the law minister said if the cypher was made public and its contents were leaked for vested interest then an accused can be sentenced to up to 14 years.
“Sharing or making public classified document for vested interest or if it is prejudicial to the national interest than a category for [sentence] is 14 years,” he added.
Imran, who was ousted via a parliamentary vote in April last year, had alleged on March 27, 2022, that Washington orchestrated a plan to remove him from office — and brandished the cypher sent by Pakistan envoy to Washington at a public rally to back his claims.
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