Pakistani authorities have opened a criminal investigation against jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on charges of leaking state secrets, after naming him and three aides in a fresh case, a top security source said on Monday.
"Our investigation is collecting evidence to stand a case in a court to indict Imran Khan on charges of leaking official secrets," a security source, who is directly responsible for the investigation, told Reuters.
A copy of the FIA case seen by Reuters said Khan and his aides disclosed the classified documents to unauthorised persons and were "twisting the facts to achieve their ulterior motives and personal gains". Under Pakistan's Official Secrets Act, a guilty sentence could range from two to 14 years in prison or even death, lawyers say.
Khan used the secret document for his "vested interest at the cost of national security", the case says, adding that the former premier also retained illegally a copy of the classified cable. Khan has been at the centre stage of politics since his removal, with a countrywide protest movement and going through more than 100 cases against him.
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