The indictment is a fresh setback to Imran Khan as it is likely to make the former cricketer-turned politician ineligible to contest the general elections expected in January 2024
Imran Khan was arrested in August after a case was filed against him for allegedly violating the Official Secrets Act by disclosing a secret diplomatic cable (cipher) sent by the country's embassy in Washington in March last year
FIA filed a charge sheet in the Special Court established under the Official Secrets Act, declaring Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Khan and Vice Chairman Qureshi "principal accused" in the case
