Imran Khan, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan challenged his conviction in a graft case in a high court on Tuesday, Khan’s lawyer said.
Naeem Panjutha, Khan’s lawyer, said that the petition to challenge the conviction had been filed in the Islamabad High Court.
Ex-Pakistani PM imprisoned for three years on accusations of selling state gifts unlawfully during his term as Prime Minister from 2018 to 2022.
Under a set procedure, the court has to accept the plea and then set it for the hearing to begin legal proceedings on the grounds mentioned by Khan’s lawyer to overturn the conviction.
Khan has been at the core of political turmoil since he was unseated as prime minister in a vote of no confidence last year, boosting worry about peace in an Islamic country as it struggles with an economic crisis.
Khan has been jailed at a faraway lockup which according to his lawyers lacks facilities permitted to political detainees.
Police took Imran Khan from his residence in the city of Lahore on Saturday and moved him to the prison in Attock district, near the capital Islamabad.
