Pakistan election: Internet access cut off as controversial polls begin
Khan was jailed on corruption charges and is barred from standing. He is serving at least 14 years in
Khan was jailed on corruption charges and is barred from standing. He is serving at least 14 years in prison, having been sentenced in three separate cases in the space of five days last week. He still faces some 170 charges in different cases, his lawyers say. The PTI alleges interference by Pakistan’s powerful military, with whom Khan is said to have fallen out before his fall from favour.