Pakistan's ex-PM Imran Khan handed 3-year sentence in gifts case

Popular former leader arrested as his party vows to go to Supreme Court

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Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in Lahore on March 17: Pakistani police arrested him, his lawyer said, on Aug. 5. © Reuters

ADNAN AAMIR, Contributing writer

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan was convicted Saturday for improper handling of state gifts and given a three-year prison sentence, prompting his swift arrest.

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