<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>The trial in jail of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been declared illegal by a court, his lawyer has said.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Tuesday, lawyer Naeem Panjutha posted on social media that a court in Islamabad ruled against an in-jail trial for Khan, indicted last month on charges of revealing state secrets after he was ousted from office in 2022.</div><div><br></div><div>“Islamabad High Court has declared illegal the notification for jail trial,” Panjutha said in a post on X.</div><div><br></div><div>The impact of that declaration regarding Khan’s trial is not yet clear, but is expected to be clarified by a court order.</div><div><br></div><div>The trial against Khan, accused of publicising a classified diplomatic cable, has become a flashpoint in Pakistani politics, where the former leader remains popular and has characterised the charges against him as an effort by powerful interests to keep him out of office.</div><div><br></div><div>The 70-year-old former cricket star was expelled from office by a no-confidence vote in parliament in April 2022, an effort Khan accused of being pushed along by the United States.</div><div><br></div><div>Relations between Washington and Khan had become strained by issues such as the war in Ukraine, but the US has denied any involvement in his removal from office.</div><div><br></div><div>In October, Khan was indicted on security charges that accused him of leaking a diplomatic cable between Washington and Islamabad that Khan says offers proof of collusion against him. According to Al Jazeera reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>