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Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been acquitted of leaking state secrets but will remain in jail because of a conviction in another case. <\/p>\n
In the run-up to elections in February, the 71-year-old – who was ousted as prime minister in 2022 – was hit with three prison sentences for cases he insists were politically motivated.<\/p>\n
Khan was sentenced to 10 years in prison<\/a> in January on charges of making public a diplomatic cable in 2022.<\/p>\n The Islamabad High Court upheld his appeal and cleared him in that case on Monday, but he is not expected to leave prison for now. <\/p>\n The former cricket star and his third wife Bushra are both serving prison sentences after a court ruled that their 2018 marriage had been un-Islamic and illegal<\/a> as it came too soon after her divorce. <\/p>\n The couple were also found guilty of corruption over gifts received during his term as prime minister.<\/p>\n Even behind bars, the former cricket star remains a powerful force in Pakistani politics.<\/p>\n During the February elections, his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, which had been forced to run candidates as independents, emerged as the single largest bloc. <\/p>\n