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In short: Imran Khan was sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges of making public a classified cable sent to Islamabad by Pakistan’s ambassador in Washington in 2022.
He had touted the cypher as evidence that the United States had conspired to force him from power.
What’s next? Khan remains jailed on a seven-year sentence for breaking Islamic law for marrying his wife Bushra Bibi.

A Pakistan high court has overturned a conviction for leaking state secrets conviction against former prime minister Imran Khan, who remains in jail on other charges.

Shah Mehmood Qureshi, who was Khan’s foreign minister during his tenure from 2018—2022 was also acquitted of the charges on Monday local time.

Khan, 71, had been sentenced to 10 years in prison by a lower court on charges of making public a classified cable sent to Islamabad by Pakistan’s ambassador in Washington in 2022.

He had touted the cipher as evidence that the United States had conspired to force him from power in 2022, when a no-confidence vote saw him replaced by the opposition.

The United States and Pakistan’s military have denied the accusation.

Khan was ousted by a parliamentary no-confidence vote after falling out with the top generals.(Reuters: Akhtar Soomro)

The decision by a two-member bench at Islamabad High Court was announced by Chief Justice Aamer Farooq, an AFP court reporter witnessed.

Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party lawyer Salman Safdar told AFP outside of court the case was politically motivated against Khan.

“This is the first big case which was part of the political victimisation against Imran Khan and Shah Mahmood Qureshi which has been dashed to the ground,” he said.

Khan remains jailed on a seven-year sentence for breaking Islamic law for marrying his wife Bushra Bibi too soon after her divorce.

He has also been found guilty of graft over gifts he received in his time as premier between 2018 and 2022.

Whilst his 14-year sentence was suspended in April, the conviction still stands.

Khan was ousted by a parliamentary no-confidence vote after falling out with the top generals, and in opposition he waged an unprecedented campaign against them.

Khan later found himself tangled in more than 200 court cases, massively complicating his attempts to mount a comeback.

Reuters/AFP

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