Pakistan Set to Call Election This Week After Imran Khan Jailed
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is set to dissolve parliament days before his term expires at the end of the week, a development that comes shortly after popular former leader Imran Khan was imprisoned in a graft case.
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00:44 The conditions are deplorable.
00:48 He is being kept in a cell, which is 9 by 11.
00:52 The hygienic conditions are terrible.
00:59 There are no separate storage facilities.
01:05 The room is dark and dingy.
01:11 We've got the bar photography signed.
01:17 The petition will be filed tomorrow.
01:22 And hopefully, we feel that there are such lacuna and
01:28 loopholes that he should get relief.
01:31 That's what the legal experts feel.
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