Pakistan Set to Call Election This Week After Imran Khan Jailed

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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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00:16 [SPEAKING URDU]
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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.
01:34 [SPEAKING URDU]
01:35 [SPEAKING URDU]
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