According to his lawyer, Intezar Panjotha , Khan was arrested at his residence within the japanese metropolis of Lahore on Saturday.
“Police have arrested Imran Khan from his residence,” Mr Panjotha advised Reuters. "We are filing a petition against the decision in high court.”
Lahore’s Police Chief Bilal Siddique Kamiana confirmed the arrest and told Reuters the politician was being transferred to the capital, Islamabad.
Khan‘s political party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) said in a statement they had already filed another appeal to the Supreme Court earlier on Saturday.
The conviction got here only a day after Pakistan’s excessive courtroom had briefly halted the district courtroom trial. It was not instantly clear why the trial had proceeded regardless of the excessive courtroom determination.
Khan‘s arrest and detention for several days in May over a separate case had sparked intense political turmoil and deadly clashes had erupted between Khan supporters and police.
The latest arrest comes in the lead up to an election expected to take place in the next three months. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has proposed that parliament be dissolved on Aug. 9, three days earlier than the top of its time period, in keeping with political, paving the best way for a normal election by November.
Pakistani media and a Reuters witness described police surrounding Khan‘s residence in Lahore on Saturday after verdict was launched.
The sentence pertains to an inquiry performed by the election fee, which discovered Khan responsible of unlawfully promoting state items throughout his tenure as prime minister from 2018 to 2022.
Khan has denied any wrongdoing.
The 70-year-old cricketer-turned-politician was accused of misusing his premiership to purchase and promote items in state possession that had been obtained throughout visits overseas and price greater than 140 million Pakistani rupees ($635,000).
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