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Pakistan Court Drops Sedition Charges Against Former PM Imran Khan

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Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan (file photo)
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan (file photo)

A court in Pakistan on August 28 dismissed a sedition case against former Prime Minister Imran Khan, his lawyer said on the messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter.* Khan has been facing over 100 court cases since his ouster in a parliamentary vote of confidence in April 2022, after falling out with Pakistan's powerful military. A high court in Islamabad is also due on August 28 to give a ruling on an appeal filed by Khan seeking to suspend his conviction in a graft case. To read the original story by Reuters, click here.

*This story has been corrected to say that a sedition case, not a murder case, was dismissed.

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